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Pesisir Barat Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Pesisir Barat, literally West Coast Regency) is a regency in Lampung Province of Indonesia. It was created on 25 October 2012 from the eight western districts of West Lampung Regency . [ 2 ]
Below is a list of notable Indonesian beaches. The list is sorted by provinces roughly west to east, north to south; and then alphabetically by the name of the beach, ignoring the words "beach" or "pantai" (Indonesian "beach"). To avoid mistranslation, the names of the beaches are listed by translating the word pantai into "beach".
Tanjung Lesung (Indonesian: Pantai Tanjung Lesung) is a beach in Pandeglang Regency, Banten, western tip of Java.It is 160 kilometres (99 mi) from the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta, and can be reached by car or public bus in about a 3-4-hour drive. [1]
A berm is a nearly horizontal portion that stays dry except during extremely high tides and storms. The swash zone is alternately covered and exposed by wave run-up. The beach face is the sloping section below the berm that is exposed to the swash of the waves.
Muara Beach (Malay: Pantai Muara) is a beach in Muara, Mukim Serasa, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The beach used to stretch up to Pelumpong Island , before they were cut apart in order to make way for easy access to Muara Port in the 1960s.
Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Papua Barat Bintuni Bay ( Indonesian : Teluk Bintuni ) is the eastward extension or inner bay of Berau Gulf in western New Guinea . It separates the Bird's Head Peninsula on the north from the Bomberai Peninsula on the south.
West Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Barat) is a regency in the Aceh special region of Indonesia.It is located on the island of Sumatra.The regency formerly covered a much larger area, but on 4 October 1999 the island districts of Simeulue were separated out to form their own regency, and on 10 April 2002 two additional regencies - Aceh Jaya and Nagan Raya - were created from parts of ...
There is no certain historical document or archive that holds the origin of the town's name. According to the local folklore, the name 'Painan' originated from paik nian, which means "very bitter" in Bahasa Minangkabau, the language of the Minangkabau people who live in the area.