Raja Ampat
Many people want to see beatiful panorama, include me. I want
to refresh my mind because of many task and difficult test. Many amazing place
in this world which have beatiful panorama, but my heart always interest at
Raja Ampat. Yes, Raja Ampat which located at east Indonesia.
I never go to Raja Ampat, but now I have many information
about Raja Ampat from Internet. Let me tell you about Raja Ampat! :)
Raja Ampat located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head
Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja
Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small
islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool,
Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau.
Raja Ampat Regency is a new regency which separated from
Sorong Regency in 2004. It encompasses more than 40,000 km² of land and sea,
which also contains Cenderawasih Bay, the largest marine national park in
Indonesia. It is a part of the newly named West Papua (province) of Indonesia
which was formerly Irian Jaya. Some of the islands are the most northern pieces
of land in the Australian continent.
The name of Raja Ampat comes from local mythology that tells
about a woman who finds seven eggs. Four of the seven eggs hatch and become
kings that occupy four of Raja Ampat biggest islands whilst the other three
become a ghost, a woman, and a stone.
History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of Sultanate of
Tidore, an influential kingdom from Maluku. Yet, after the Dutch invaded
Maluku, it was shortly claimed by the Netherlands. The main occupation for
people around this area is fishing since the area is dominated by the sea. They
live in a small colony of tribes that spreads around the area. Although
traditional culture still strongly exists, they are very welcoming to visitors.
Raja Ampat people are more like Ambonese than Papuan people and now some of
them are Muslim and some of them are Christian.
The oceanic natural resources around Raja Ampat give it
significant potential as a tourist area. Many sources place Raja Ampat as one
of their top ten most popular places for diving whilst it retains the number
one ranking in terms of underwater biodiversity.
According to Conservation International, marine surveys
suggest that the marine life diversity in the Raja Ampat area is the highest
recorded on Earth. Diversity is considerably greater than any other area
sampled in the Coral Triangle composed of Indonesia, Malaysia,
Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and East Timor.
The Coral Triangle is the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity, making
Raja Ampat quite possibly the richest coral reef ecosystems in the world.
The area's massive coral colonies along with relatively high sea
surface temperatures, also suggest that its reefs may be relatively resistant
to threats like coral bleaching and coral disease, which now jeopardize the
survival of other coral ecosystems around the world. The Raja Ampat islands are
remote and relatively undisturbed by humans.
The area's massive coral colonies along with relatively high sea
surface temperatures, also suggest that its reefs may be relatively resistant
to threats like coral bleaching and coral disease, which now jeopardize the
survival of other coral ecosystems around the world. The Raja Ampat islands are
remote and relatively undisturbed by humans.
The high marine diversity in Raja Ampat is strongly influenced by
its position between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as coral and fish larvae
are more easily shared between the two oceans. Raja Ampat's coral diversity,
resilience, and role as a source for larval dispersal make it a global priority
for marine protection.
1,508 fish species, 537 coral species (a remarkable 96% of all scleractinia
recorded from Indonesia are likely to occur in these islands and 75% of all
species that exist in the world),
and 699 mollusk species, the variety of marine life is staggering.Some areas
boast enormous schools of fish and regular sightings of sharks, such as wobbegongs.
Although accessing the islands is not that difficult, it takes
some time. It takes six hours flight from Jakarta, the capital city of
Indonesia to Sorong. Then, taking a boat to reach the islands is necessary
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