Misool

Updated on Oct 02, 2024

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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.

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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