Misool
 Location of Misool | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | South East Asia |
| Archipelago | Raja Ampat Islands |
| Area rank | 205 |
| Highest elevation | 561 m (1,841 ft) |
| Administration | |
Indonesia | |
Aerial traps of the pitcher plant Nepenthes sp. Misool.
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[1] and the main towns are Waigama, located on the island's northern coast, and Lilinta.
The inhabitants speak the Biga language and Matbat language, as well as Indonesian.[2][3]
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.[4]
Contents
1 Fauna
2 History
3 References
4 External links
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[5][6]- 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.[7]
References
^ ISLAND DIRECTORY. UN SYSTEM-WIDE EARTHWATCH Web Site.
^ Ethnologue - Biga
^ Ethnologue - Matbat
^ Traditional kingdoms of Maluku, early 15th century, and the spheres of influence of Ternate and Tidore, early 16th century
^ Allen, G.R., Hadiaty, R.K. & Unmack, P.J. (2014): Melanotaenia flavipinnis, a new species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from Misool Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia, aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 35-52.
^ Allen, G. 1996. Melanotaenia misoolensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
^ No. 92 of the Japanese Monographs — "Southwest Area Naval Operations, Apr. 1942 – Apr. 1944", 10 September 1947.
External links
Media related to Misool at Wikimedia Commons- Jelle Miedema, Perspectives on the Bird's Head of Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Proceedings of the Conference Leiden, 13–17 October 1997
- Indonesia Field Project - Misool - Marine Conservation Agreements
Media related to Misool at Wikimedia CommonsCoordinates: 1°53′41″S 130°5′1″E / 1.89472°S 130.08361°E / -1.89472; 130.08361
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