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Karimunjawa
Kepulauan Karimunjawa
Part of Indonesia
Karimunjawa Islands or Karimunjava Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Karimunjawa) is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara. 62 km2. The main island is known as Karimun (2,700 ha), while the second-largest island is Kemujan (1,400 ha).
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Overview
Karimunjawa Islands or Karimunjava Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Karimunjawa) is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara. They have a total land area of 45.62 km2. The main island is known as Karimun (2,700 ha), while the second-largest island is Kemujan (1,400 ha). As of the 2020 Census, the population of the island group was 9,789 which lived on five of the islands. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 10,800. The population is largely Javanese, with pockets of Bugis and Madurese inhabitants. Javanese culture is dominant in the islands which are the only islands off Java where Javanese is the lingua franca. Twenty-two of the islands have been declared in 2001 as a marine reserve, the Karimunjawa National Park. Five more islands are either privately owned or are under the control of the Indonesian Navy. The archipelago is served by Dewadaru Airport which provides scheduled airline services to Semarang and Surabaya.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands12
- Islets16
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Karimunjawa Island
- Area
- 35 km²
- High point
- 506 m
Kemujan Island
- Area
- 12.4 km²
- High point
- 10 m
Kemujan Island (Indonesian: Pulau Kemujan) is an island in the Karimunjawa Islands of Indonesia. It is administered as part of the Jepara Regency, Central Java. Kemujan is the second largest of the Karinmunjawas, and is less forested than the larger Karimun Island. The island is serviced by Dewadaru Airport.
Minor islands
Parang Island
- Area
- 4.5 km²
- High point
- 65 m
Genting Island
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- High point
- 63 m
Nyamuk Island
- Area
- 1.2 km²
- High point
- 31 m
Bengkoang Island
- Area
- 1 km²
- High point
- 28 m
Pulau Menjangan Besar
- Area
- 0.69 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Menjangan Kecil Island
- Area
- 0.49 km²
- High point
- 16 m
Pulau Seruni
- Area
- 0.29 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Pulau Geleang
- Area
- 0.28 km²
- High point
- 12 m
Pulau Menyawakan
- Area
- 0.25 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Pulau Sintok
- Area
- 0.23 km²
- High point
- 24 m
Pulau Cendikian
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 17 m
Pulau Kembar
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Islets
- Pulau Kumbang14 m · 0.1 km²
- Pulau Sambangan10 m · 0.09 km²
- Pulau Cemoro Besar16 m · 0.06 km²
- Pulau Tengah16 m · 0.05 km²
- Pulau Gundul17 m · 0.04 km²
- Pulau Krakal Kecil11 m · 0.04 km²
- Pulau Krakal Besar8 m · 0.03 km²
- Pulau Katang9 m · 0.03 km²
- Pulau Cilik14 m · 0.03 km²
- Pulau Burung18 m · 0.02 km²
- Pulau Cemoro Kecil12 m · 0.02 km²
- Pulau Kokok Besar13 m · 0.01 km²
Rocks & skerries
- Pulau Batu Kokok<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Karimunjawa: 506 m
- Parang: 65 m
- Genting: 63 m
- Nyamuk: 31 m
- Bengkoang: 28 m
- Pulau Sintok: 24 m
- Pulau Menjangan Besar: 19 m
- Pulau Menyawakan: 19 m
- Pulau Burung: 18 m
- Pulau Cendikian: 17 m
- Pulau Gundul: 17 m
- Menjangan Kecil: 16 m
- Pulau Cemoro Besar: 16 m
- Pulau Tengah: 16 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Karimunjawa Island | 35 km² |
| Kemujan Island | 12.4 km² |
| Parang Island | 4.5 km² |
| Genting Island | 1.8 km² |
| Nyamuk Island | 1.2 km² |
| Bengkoang Island | 1 km² |
| Pulau Menjangan Besar | 0.69 km² |
| Menjangan Kecil Island | 0.49 km² |
| Pulau Seruni | 0.29 km² |
| Pulau Geleang | 0.28 km² |
| Pulau Menyawakan | 0.25 km² |
| Pulau Sintok | 0.23 km² |
| Pulau Cendikian | 0.15 km² |
| Pulau Kembar | 0.12 km² |
| Pulau Kumbang | 0.1 km² |
| Pulau Sambangan | 0.09 km² |
| Pulau Cemoro Besar | 0.06 km² |
| Pulau Tengah | 0.05 km² |
| Pulau Gundul | 0.04 km² |
| Pulau Krakal Kecil | 0.04 km² |
| Pulau Krakal Besar | 0.03 km² |
| Pulau Katang | 0.03 km² |
| Pulau Cilik | 0.03 km² |
| Pulau Burung | 0.02 km² |
| Pulau Cemoro Kecil | 0.02 km² |
| Pulau Kokok Besar | 0.01 km² |
| Pulau Mrico | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Pulau Kokok Kecil | 0.2 ha |
| Pulau Batu | 0.2 ha |
| Pulau Batu Kokok | <0.1 ha |
Photographs
Jl. Soegijapranata, Kemujan, Karimunjawa, Kabupaten Jepara, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
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Landsat 8 top-of-atmosphere image of Karimunjawa Islands on 2019-09-13. Brightnes and saturation was enhanced using QGIS.
Jalan I.J Kasimo, Karimunjawa, Kabupaten Jepara, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
i call this "home"
Jl. Soegijapranata, Kemujan, Karimunjawa, Kabupaten Jepara, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
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A boat in Karimunjawa
freedive
Pantai di Karimunjawa
A boat in Karimunjawa
Lambaian tangan seorang gadis di habitat Nemo Taman Nasional Karimunjawa Jepara
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Facts
Photographs
- Jl. Soegijapranata, Kemujan, Karimunjawa, Kabupaten Jepara, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia - panoramio (1). said masalboys / CC BY 3.0
- Alamkita. Ismi09 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Karimunjawa 2019-09-13 Landsat 8 T1 TOA. USGS/NASA Landsat Program, RXerself / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jalan I.J Kasimo, Karimunjawa, Kabupaten Jepara, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia - panoramio (1). patargogo / CC BY 3.0
- I call this "home" - panoramio. patargogo / CC BY 3.0
- Jl. Soegijapranata, Kemujan, Karimunjawa, Kabupaten Jepara, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia - panoramio. patargogo / CC BY 3.0
- Karimunjawa - An island in the middle of the sea. gbohne / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Karimunjawa Boat. gbohne / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Karimunjawa Freedive. Sabda Priyanto / CC BY 2.0
- Karimunjawa view. Agathavidya / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Karimunjawa-Segeln. gbohne / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Nemo Karimunjawa dan Mantan. Burhan Herjah / CC BY-SA 4.0