Wonderful Archipelago of Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia

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Wonderful, Amazing ..... that's the right word to express the beauty of Raja Ampat Islands in Papua, Indonesia.

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Raja Ampat Islands is a series of islands consisting of Waigeo Island, Misool Island, Salawati Island, and Batanta Island. In Raja Ampat Regency, there were 88 villages and 10 districts, which is the area expansion Sorong Regency. The total area of ​​Raja Ampat Regency reach ± ​​46,000 km2. A total of 6000 km2 is land, remaining 85% is sea. Wow! Approximately there are 610 islands, only about 35 inhabited islands. The rest has not been inhabited, but already have a name, but there are also some who do not yet have a name.

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The archipelago is now a destination for divers to explore the beauty of the underwater world.

Raja Ampat is the King of Coral Reefs. Research in 2001 - 2002 reported there were more than 540 hard coral species (75% of the total species in the world), more than 1,000 species of reef fish, 700 species of molluscs, as well as the highest note for gonodactyloid stomatopod crustaceans. Means 75% of the world's coral species in Raja Ampat.

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Unique species that can be found at the time of diving is some kind of pigmy sea horse or Mini Sea Horse, Wobbegong and Manta Ray. In Raja Ampat also endemic fish, namely Eviota King, which is a kind of fish gobbie. At Manta Point supernal Arborek Dampier strait, the divers can dive in the company of some tail Manta Ray is benign. If you dive at Cape Kri or Chicken Reef, divers can be surrounded by thousands of fish, sometimes surrounded by a collection of tuna fish, giant trevallies and snappers. But a thrilling if surrounded by a collection of barracuda fish, although in fact it's relatively harmless. Reef sharks are also frequently seen, and with luck we can also see the turtle is still eating sponge or swim. In some places like in Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo also seen Dugong or sea cow.

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