Pulau Kanobe

Pulau Kanobe is a small Indonesian island located in the Ayu Archipelago above the northern tip of the Waigeo Islands.

Pulau Kanobe
Pulau Kanobe is located in Western New Guinea
Pulau Kanobe
Pulau Kanobe
Location of Pulau Kanobe in Indonesian Papua
Coordinates: 0°30′1″N 131°7′26″E
Country Indonesia
ProvinceSouthwest Papua
Time zoneUTC+09:00 (Eastern Indonesian Time)
Pulau Kanobe
Location of Pulau Kanobe listed as Ayau (Ayu Islands) in the Raja Ampat Islands located in the top right corner of the map
Geography
LocationSouth East Asia
Coordinates0°22′N 131°02′E
ArchipelagoAyu Islands
Total islands5 (two uninhabited)
Major islandsPulau Ayu, Pulau Reni, Pulau Kanobe
Administration
ProvinceSouthwest Papua
Demographics
Ethnic groupsMelanesians, Papuans, Austronesians

Pulau Reni is part of the Raja Ampat regency of the Southwest Papua geographical and administrative region of Indonesia.

Pulau Ayu and Pulau Reni are two other small inhabited islands near Pulau Kanobe.

Access to the island is limited to small boats due to the reefs and the small size of the island.

World War II

Pulau Reni and all the islands in the Ayu Archipelago were occupied by the Japanese Empire during World War II from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945.


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