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    Damar Island

    Pulau Damer, Pulau Damar

    7°08′S 128°36′E

    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.

    Damer adalah sebuah kecamatan di Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia.
    Damer adalah sebuah kecamatan di Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia.

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    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. It is flanked by four smaller uninhabited islands - one to the east (Layeni), one to the west (Nus Leur) and two to the south (Terbang Utari and Terbang Selatan). Together they are called the Damar Islands, and constitute one administrative district within the Maluku Barat Daya Regency, lying on the undersea ridge which forms the most easterly extension of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Continuing the line of the ridge further to the northeast are several small and remote islands at increasing distances from Damer Island; these are Teon Island, Nila Island and tiny 'Nil Desperandum' islet; further to the northeast and administered as part of the Maluku Tengah Regency are Serua Island (and its offshore islet of Kekeh-Besar) and - even further to the north - Manuk Island; all of these far-flung islands are isolated stratovolcanoes and are uninhabited. The island has a land area of 201.80 km2 and had a population of 5,718 at the 2020 Census; the district's land area (including the uninhabited islands) is 392.29 km2, and the official estimate of population as at mid 2024 was 6,439 (comprising 3,337 males and 3,102 females), all on Damer Island itself. Damar is considered to be a very good surfing location.

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    Also in Barat Daya Islands

    Also in Maluku Islands

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      732,069 km²▲ 4,095 m

      Major islands

    • Sumatra

      429,717 km²▲ 3,805 m

      Major islands

    • Sulawesi

      168,788 km²▲ 3,478 m

      Major islands

    • Java

      126,804 km²▲ 3,676 m

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      Minor islands

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