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Location
  
South East Asia

Highest elevation
  
561 m (1,841 ft)

Province
  
West Papua

Archipelago
  
Raja Ampat Islands

Elevation
  
535 m

Island group
  
Raja Ampat Islands

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Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl), is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km². The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located on the island's northern coast, and Lilinta.

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Map of Misool, Lilinta, West Misool, Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua, Indonesia

The inhabitants speak the Biga language and Matbat language, as well as Indonesian.

Other main islands of this group off the western end of West Papua are Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, and there are numerous smaller islands such as Kofiau.

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Fauna

  • Echymipera kalubu, Common Spiny Bandicoot
  • Echymipera rufescens
  • Dorcopsis muelleri
  • Phalanger orientalis
  • Spilocuscus maculatus
  • Petaurus breviceps
  • Macroglossus minimus
  • Melanotaenia flavipinnis and Melanotaenia misoolensis, Misool rainbowfish
  • Nyctimene aello
  • Pteropus conspicillatus
  • Aselliscus tricuspidatus
  • Pipistrellus papuanus
  • Paradisasea minor, Lesser Bird-of-Paradise

    • History

    Part of the Dutch colonial empire, the Netherlands East Indies.

    Occupied on 1942 by the Japanese. Imperial Japanese Navy base until 1945.

    References

    Misool Wikipedia
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