Yapen Island
Also known as Pulau Yapen, Japen, Jobi, Sorenarwa Island, Sorenarwa, Japen Island
thumb|250px|Yapen and the Schouten Islands 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
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- Yapen
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- Yapen with Serui seen in the background.
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- Location of Yapen Islands
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- Melanesia; Oceania
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- Indonesia Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia
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- Location in Papua Province##Location in Indonesian Papua##Location in Indonesia
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- 2278
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- 1496
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- Indonesia
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thumb|250px|Yapen and the Schouten Islands 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 highest point is .
First recorded sighting by Europeans is by Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra who landed on 24 June 1528 when trying to return from Tidore to New Spain. It was then charted as Paine within the Islas de Oro (Golden Islands in Spanish), as they called Yapen and the present day Schoutens. In 1545 it was visited by Íñigo Ortiz de Retes on board of galleon San Juan.
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