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Bulan Island or Pulau Bulang is an island located 2.5 km south-west of Batam Island, with a land area of 100 km 2. [1] It is located in the Sijori Growth Triangle, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. It is the largest island adjacent to Batam on its western side and is administratively part of Batam city.
Batam Municipality covers 3,869 km 2, of which 1,034.73 km 2 is land, a figure which includes some land reclamation. However, Barelang Island (not actually one but three, see above) covers roughly 715 km 2 of that 1,034.73 km 2, and Batam island itself covers only about 410 km 2 out of the total. The bulk of the municipal population resides on ...
Batam metropolitan area or officially Batam Raya is a metropolitan area located in Indonesia. This area includes Batam city and its surrounding areas such as Tanjung Pinang city, Bintan Regency, and Karimun Regency. This region of the Riau Islands Province near the Strait of Malacca includes one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. It ...
The Batam-Bintan bridge will have a length of around 7 km (4 mi). [147] [152] [153] Presently, there is no toll road in the Riau Islands. However, the government has announced a plan to build a new toll road in Batam which would connect Hang Nadim International Airport in the eastern part of the island and the Batu Ampar area in the northern ...
The exact number of islands composing Indonesia varies among definitions and sources. According to the Law No 9/1996 on Maritime Territory of Indonesia, of 17,508 officially listed islands within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. [4]
Combol Island (Indonesian: Pulau Combol, pronounced Chombol, formerly Dutch spelling Tjombol) lies in the Riau Archipelago of the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. It is located 20 km SE of Batam, between the islands of Kepala Jernih, Bulan Island, and Sugi Island. It is separated by the 500 foot wide Mie Strait from Citlim Island.
Rempang Island (Indonesian: pulau Rempang) is an Indonesian island, located 2.5 km southeast of the neighbouring Batam Island, with the total land mass size of 165.83 km 2. [1] Rempang Island belongs to the three- interconnected islands group of Riau Archipelago known as Barelang (an abbreviation of Batam-Rempang- Galang ), and administratively ...
'wasp island') is an island in Tanjung Pinang, capital of the Riau Islands, Indonesia. [1] It lies just off Bintan Island , close to the downtown of Tanjung Pinang. The island has historical significance, dating back to the 18th century, when it was established as a fort as part of the Sultanate of Johor - Riau by the Bugis people .