Selasa, 30 April 2019

DERAWAN ISLANDS

GO RAUN SABALIK - The Derawan Islands is an archipelago located in Berau District, East Kalimantan. In this archipelago there are lots of marine tourism objects, such as the Underwater Park which attracted foreign tourists, especially the world-class divers. Derawan Islands has three districts namely, Derawan Island, Maratua, and Big Dipper, Berau. There are four famous islands in the archipelago, namely Maratua Island, Derawan, Sangalaki, and Kakaban inhabited by endangered species of green turtles and hawksbill turtles.
Geographically, it is located on the northern peninsula of Berau waters of the sea consisting of several islands namely Pulau Panjang, Pulau Raburabu, Samama Island, Sangalaki Island, Kakaban Island, Nabuko Island, Maratua Island and Derawan Island as well as some charred reefs like Muaras, Pinaka , Buliulin burnt, Masimbung burnt, and Tababinga scorched. In the Derawan Islands there are several very important coastal and small island ecosystems: coral reefs, seagrass and mangrove forests. In addition, many protected species are in Derawan Islands such as green turtles, hawksbill, whales, dolphins, clams, coconut shells, dugongs, barracuda and several other species.

Derawan islands are being promoted by Berau and East Kalimantan districts, as one of the main tourist destination.






 Kepulauan Derawan adalah kepulauan yang terletak di Kabupaten Berau, Kalimantan Timur. Di kepulauan ini ada banyak objek wisata bahari, seperti Taman Bawah Air yang menarik perhatian wisatawan asing, terutama penyelam kelas dunia. Kepulauan Derawan memiliki tiga kabupaten yaitu, Pulau Derawan, Maratua, dan Biduk, Berau. Ada empat pulau terkenal di kepulauan ini, yaitu Pulau Maratua, Derawan, Sangalaki, dan Kakaban yang dihuni oleh spesies penyu hijau dan penyu sisik yang terancam punah.

Secara geografis, terletak di semenanjung utara perairan Berau di laut yang terdiri dari beberapa pulau yaitu Pulau Panjang, Pulau Raburabu, Pulau Samama, Pulau Sangalaki, Pulau Kakaban, Pulau Nabuko, Pulau Maratua dan Pulau Derawan serta beberapa terumbu hangus seperti Muaras, Pinaka, Buliulin terbakar, Masimbung terbakar, dan Tababinga hangus. Di Kepulauan Derawan ada beberapa ekosistem pesisir dan pulau kecil yang sangat penting: terumbu karang, lamun dan hutan bakau. Selain itu, banyak spesies yang dilindungi ada di Kepulauan Derawan seperti penyu hijau, penyu sisik, paus, lumba-lumba, kerang, batok kelapa, duyung, barakuda dan beberapa spesies lainnya.

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DERAWAN ISLANDS

GO RAUN SABALIK - The Derawan Islands is an archipelago located in Berau District, East Kalimantan. In this archipelago there are lots of...