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Sail Indonesia (2016), also dubbed "Sail Karimata Strait 2016", was a sailboat competition held within the strait. Four Indonesian provinces —on both sides of the strait ( West Kalimantan , Jambi , Bangka Belitung and the Riau Islands , respectively)—hosted the race, with the peak event having taken place on 15 October on Datuk Island ...
Bangka Belitung is bordered by the Bangka Strait to the west, the Natuna Sea to the north, the Java Sea is to the south and the Karimata Strait to the east; the two principal islands are separated by the Gaspar Strait, within which lie lesser islands such as Lepar, Pongok (or Liak) and Mendanau. The province's capital and largest city is ...
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Indonesia AirAsia from Surabaya, Java, Indonesia, to Singapore.On 28 December 2014, the Airbus A320-216 flying the route crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 162 of the people on board.
Tambelan archipelago is a group of 68 islands off the west coast of West Kalimantan (), Indonesia, just north of the equator.The archipelago is located on the north opening of Karimata Strait which separates Borneo and Belitung island.
Karimata has a wide range of ecosystems, from mangroves and tropical rain forest in the lowlands to montane shrubland on the summit of the c.1,000 m (3,281 ft) mountain (a spectacular example of the Massenerhebung effect). The mountain is composed of granite.
The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago (Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands composing the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands. [3]
Due to the geographical constellation of areas deemed to have strategic vulnerabilities, such as the Sabang Waters, Malacca Strait, Singapore Strait, North Natuna Sea, and the Indonesian Archipelagic Sea Lane I, which traverses the Karimata Strait, Sunda Strait, Java Sea, and the Indian Ocean, the decision was made to relocate the headquarters ...
1 January – M 4.5 earthquake occurs 23 km (14 mi) north northeast of Lembang, West Java.Four hundred houses are damaged in Sumedang. [1] [2]5 January – Four people are killed and 37 injured in a train head-on collision between Turangga Train operated by Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) and Commuter Line Bandung Raya operated by KAI Commuter near Cicalengka, West Java.