Misool

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Misool

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Location of Misool

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Geography
LocationSouth East Asia
ArchipelagoRaja Ampat Islands
Area rank205
Highest elevation561 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




  1. ^ ISLAND DIRECTORY. UN SYSTEM-WIDE EARTHWATCH Web Site.


  2. ^ Ethnologue - Biga


  3. ^ Ethnologue - Matbat


  4. ^ Traditional kingdoms of Maluku, early 15th century, and the spheres of influence of Ternate and Tidore, early 16th century


  5. ^ 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.


  6. ^ Allen, G. 1996. Melanotaenia misoolensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.


  7. ^ 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

Coordinates: 1°53′41″S 130°5′1″E / 1.89472°S 130.08361°E / -1.89472; 130.08361







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