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Yapen Island
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Yapen (also Japen, Jobi) is an island of Papua, Indonesia. The Yapen Strait separates Yapen and the Biak Islands to the north. It is in Cenderawasih Bay off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. To the west is Mios Num Island across the Mios Num Strait, and to the east Kurudu Island. Off the southeast coast of Yapen are the Amboi Islands and to the southwest are the Kuran Islands. Together these islands form the Yapen Islands Regency within the province of Papua. It is populated with communities of Yobi, Randowaya, Serui, and Ansus. Its
Northern Freetail Bat
species of mammal

Pteropus pohlei
species of mammal

Seri's Sheath-tailed Bat
species of mammal
Yapen Islands
regency in Papua Province, Indonesia
Yerui Island
island in Yapen Islands Regency, Papua Province, Indonesia
Serui Kota
subdistrict in Yapen Islands Regency, Papua, Indonesia
Yapen rain forests
terrestrial ecoregion in Indonesia
Burate
language
2010 Papua earthquake
2010 magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Papua, province of Indonesia
Yapen
branch of the Austronesian language family