Banda SeaIndonesia
7°25′S 128°00′E
Barat Daya Islands
Kepulauan Romang
Part of Maluku Islands
The Barat Daya Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Barat Daya; Indonesian pronunciation: [kəpuˌlawan ˌbarat̚ ˈdaja]) are a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia, with an estimated 100,000 inhabitants in 2026. The Indonesian phrase barat daya means 'south-west'.
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The Barat Daya Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Barat Daya; Indonesian pronunciation: [kəpuˌlawan ˌbarat̚ ˈdaja]) are a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia, with an estimated 100,000 inhabitants in 2026. The Indonesian phrase barat daya means 'south-west'.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands4
- Minor islands10
- Islets6
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Wetar
- Area
- 2,611 km²
- High point
- 1,411 m
Wetar is a tropical island which belongs to the Indonesian province of Maluku and is the largest island of the Maluku Barat Daya Islands (literally Southwest Islands) Regency of the Maluku Islands.
Damar Island
- Area
- 192 km²
- High point
- 868 m
Damer, or Damar (Indonesian: Pulau Damer), also called Kenli Island, is a small volcanic island in the Barat Daya Islands group in Indonesia's Maluku province, on the southern side of the Banda Sea.
Romang
- Area
- 174 km²
- High point
- 743 m
4333333, east of Wetar Island. Alternate names in use are Roma, Romonu and Fataluku. The group includes neighbouring smaller islands including Nyata to the west, Mitan to the south, and Maopora, Tellang, Laut, Limtutu and Djuha Islands to the east.
Kisar
- Area
- 80.5 km²
- High point
- 236 m
Kisar, also known as Yotowawa, is a small island in the Southwestern Moluccas in Indonesia, located to the northeast of Timor Island. The island now forms two districts ("North Kisar" and "South Kisar") within the Southwest Islands Regency of Maluku Province.
Minor islands
Nila Island
- Area
- 20 km²
- High point
- 781 m
Nus Mauporas
- Area
- 10.4 km²
- High point
- 300 m
Serua Island
- Area
- 6 km²
- High point
- 641 m
Nus Yatas
- Area
- 4.1 km²
- High point
- 293 m
Redong Island
- Area
- 3.5 km²
- High point
- 252 m
Nus Kelangs
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- High point
- 182 m
Nus Metangs
- Area
- 0.76 km²
- High point
- 85 m
Nus Kitals
- Area
- 0.23 km²
- High point
- 59 m
Nus Lemtutus
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 54 m
Nus Lauts
- Area
- 0.1 km²
- High point
- 54 m
Islets
Rocks & skerries
- Pulau Kari4 m · 0.2 ha
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Comparative heights
- Wetar: 1,411 m
- Damar: 868 m
- Nila: 781 m
- Romang: 743 m
- Serua: 641 m
- Nus Mauporas: 300 m
- Nus Yatas: 293 m
- Redong: 252 m
- Kisar: 236 m
- Nus Kelangs: 182 m
- Nus Metangs: 85 m
- Nus Kitals: 59 m
- Nus Lemtutus: 54 m
- Nus Lauts: 54 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Wetar | 2,611 km² |
| Damar Island | 192 km² |
| Romang | 174 km² |
| Kisar | 80.5 km² |
| Nila Island | 20 km² |
| Nus Mauporas | 10.4 km² |
| Serua Island | 6 km² |
| Nus Yatas | 4.1 km² |
| Redong Island | 3.5 km² |
| Nus Kelangs | 1.3 km² |
| Nus Metangs | 0.76 km² |
| Nus Kitals | 0.23 km² |
| Nus Lemtutus | 0.13 km² |
| Nus Lauts | 0.1 km² |
| Nus Yohas | 0.09 km² |
| Nus Afnu | 0.07 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Pulau Kari | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
Overlapping groups
Photographs
Pulau Kital in Maluku Barat Daya, Indonesia, lies in the Coral Triangle northeast of Timor-Leste The highest fish and coral diversity in the world is found here.
Damer adalah sebuah kecamatan di Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia.
Pulau Kital, Maluku Barat Daya, Indonesia, in the Banda Sea is idyllic.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- The Coral Triangle (48188565792). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Damer Volcanoes Island. Yudha Robi Hamsah / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pulau Kital (48185595287). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0