Biak Island
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Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak has many atolls, reefs, and corals.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Biak
- Islands.image_name
- Fishing boats on Biak.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Fishing boats lined up at Kota Biak, Indonesia.
- Islands.image_map
- Schouten Islands (IN) Topography.png
- Islands.image_map_caption
- Biak as one of the Biak Islands
- Islands.location
- Melanesia; Oceania
- Islands.pushpin_map
- Pacific Ocean#Southeast Asia#Indonesia Papua
- Islands.archipelago
- Biak Archipelago
- Islands.area_km2
- 2455
- Islands.country
- Indonesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Papua
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Regency
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Biak Numfor
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Kota Biak
- Islands.population
- 122,166
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Schouten Islands
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- Biak Numfor
- Area
- 10896.1123
- Elevation
- 127
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Schouten Islands (IN) Topography.png
- Width
- 30
- Length
- 60
- Significant event
- Battle of Biak
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- Category:Biak
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- Biak
- native label
- Pulau Biak
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- Schouten Islands
- different from
- Biak
- name
- Biak
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Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak has many atolls, reefs, and corals.
The largest population centre is at Kota Biak (Biak City) on the south coast. The rest of the island is thinly populated with small villages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biak Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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