Bird's Head Peninsula
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Bird's Head Peninsula Indonesia, The Bird's Head Peninsula (Indonesian Kepala Burung, Dutch: Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula
geographical object
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Vinony's link graph records 514 inbound references to Bird's Head Peninsula, and connects out to Sorong, East Bird's Head and Mount Arfak.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including Landforms of Western New Guinea, Landforms of West Papua (province) and Peninsulas of Indonesia.
Vinony links it to 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Location
- Southwest Papua and West Papua , Indonesia
- Adjacent to
- Ceram Sea Berau Gulf Bintuni Bay Cenderawasih Bay
- Area
- 55,604 km (21,469 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 2,955 m (9695 ft)
- Highest point
- Pegunungan Arfak
- Province
- Southwest Papua West Papua
- Largest settlement
- Sorong
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- peninsula
- Country
- Indonesia
- Located in
- West Papua
- Area
- 55604
- Elevation
- 97
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Highest point
- Mount Arfak
- Image
- Birds Head Peninsula NASA.jpg
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- Bird's Head peninsula
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Encyclopedic overview
The Bird's Head Peninsula (Indonesian: Kepala Burung, Dutch: Vogelkop, both meaning Bird's Head) or Doberai Peninsula (Indonesian: Semenanjung Doberai) is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces of Southwest Papua and West Papua. It is often referred to as The Vogelkop, and is so named because its shape looks like a bird's head on the island of New Guinea. The peninsula at the opposite end of the island (in Papua New Guinea) is called the Bird's Tail Peninsula. The peninsula just to the south is called the Bomberai Peninsula.
Location and geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bird's Head Peninsula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.