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    Lease Islands

    Part of Indonesia

    The Lease Islands, formerly called the Uliasers or Uliassers, are a group of three inhabited islands (and smaller uninhabited islets), lying immediately to the south of Seram and east of Ambon Island in the province of Maluku, in Indonesia.

    Fort Beverwijk, gezien vanuit oostenOnderwerp: forten, Kust
    Fort Beverwijk, gezien vanuit oostenOnderwerp: forten, Kust

    Deys, H.P. / CC BY-SA 4.0

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    4 landforms

    Overview

    The Lease Islands, formerly called the Uliasers or Uliassers, are a group of three inhabited islands (and smaller uninhabited islets), lying immediately to the south of Seram and east of Ambon Island in the province of Maluku, in Indonesia. The three inhabited islands, from west to east, are Haruku, Saparua and Nusa Laut, while tiny uninhabited Molana is administratively part of Saparua District; these islands constitute four administrative districts (kecamatan) within Central Maluku Regency.

    Note: (a) Figures for Saparua Timur's population in 2010 are included in those for Saparua.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands3
    • Minor islands0
    • Islets1
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Major islands

    3
    • Haruku Island

      Haruku Island

      Area
      174 km²
      High point
      582 m

      Haruku Island is an island in Central Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia - lying east of Ambon Island, off the southern coast of Seram and just west of Saparua.

    • Saparua

      Saparua

      Area
      159 km²
      High point
      321 m

      Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The small and uninhabited island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side and Nusa Laut off its southeastern tip.

    • Lautsa Island

      Lautsa Island

      Area
      26.9 km²
      High point
      320 m

      Nusa Laut (also called Pulau Nusahulawano or Pulau Emas) is the smallest of the three inhabited island in the Lease Islands group situated east of Ambon Island, in Indonesia's Maluku province.

    Islets

    1
    • Unnamed island0.6 ha

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m582 mHaruku321 mSaparua320 mLautsa
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.0010.010.11101001,000Haruku: 174 km²HarukuSaparua: 159 km²SaparuaLautsa: 26.9 km²LautsaUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Haruku Island174 km²
    Saparua159 km²
    Lautsa Island26.9 km²
    Unnamed island0.6 ha

    Overlapping groups

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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