THE ISLANDS IN INDONESIAN
IN 1972, INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES (LIPI) PUBLISH AS MANY AS 6,127 NAMES OF ISLANDS IN INDONESIA. [CITATION NEEDED] IN 1987 THE CENTER OF SURVEYING AND MAPPING ARMED FORCES (PUSSURTA ABRI) STATES THAT THE NUMBER OF ISLANDS IN INDONESIA ARE AS MANY AS 17,508, IN WHICH 5707 IN OF WHICH ALREADY HAVE NAMES, INCLUDING 337 NAMES OF ISLANDS IN THE RIVER. [CITATION NEEDED] COORDINATING AGENCY FOR SURVEYS AND MAPPING (BAKOSURTANAL), IN 1992 PUBLISHED THE GAZETTEER NAMES OF THE ISLAND AND THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO IS RECORDED AS MANY AS 6489 ISLANDS NAMED, INCLUDING 374 NAME OF THE ISLAND IN THE RIVER. [CITATION NEEDED] NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND SPACE (LAPAN), 2002 BASED ON THE STUDY OF SATELLITE IMAGERY STATED THAT THE NUMBER OF ISLANDS IN INDONESIA ARE AS MANY AS UNITS. [CITATION NEEDED] DATA FROM THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS BASED ON REPORTS OF GOVERNORS AND REGENTS / MAYORS, IN 2004 STATED THAT 7,870 ISLANDS NAMED, WHILE THE ISLAND WAS NAMED 9634 [CITATION NEEDED] AMONG THE MANY ISLANDS IN INDONESIA, ONLY ABOUT 6,000 ARE INHABITED ISLANDS. LINKS :
NAMES OF ISLANDS IN INDONESIA 1. Aceh 14.Banten 27.Gorontalo 2. Sumatra Utara 15.Bali 28.Maluku 3. Sumatra Barat 16.Nusa Tenggara Timur 29.Maluku Utara 4. Sumatra Selatan 17.Nusa Tenggara Barat 30.Papua 5. Riau 18.Kalimantan Barat 31.Papua Barat 6. Jambi 19.Kalimantan Timur 32.Kepulauan Bangka Belitung 7. Bengkulu 20.Kalimantan Tengah 33.Kepulaun Riau 8. Lampung 21.Kalimantan Utara 34.Kalimantan Selatan 9. DKI Jakarta 22.Sulawesi Utara 10. Jawa Tengah 23.Sulawesi Tengah 11. Jawa Timur 24.Sulawesi Barat 12. Jawa Barat 25.Sulawesi Tenggara 13. DI Yogyakarta 26.Sulawesi Selatan Links :