Yef Yus
Yefyus is a small island in the shallow sea south of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. It is known in Indonesian as Pulau Yus, and its name was previously spelt using the Dutch orthography as Jef Joes.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Jef Joes”, “Yefyus”, “Yefyus Island”, and “Yus Yef Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aimas.
Aimas
Town
Aimas is a town and an administrative district in Sorong Regency, within the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. It lies to the south of the city of Sorong, and is the administrative capital of Sorong Regency. Aimas is situated 8 km east of Yef Yus.
Yef Yus
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Southwest Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.96407° or 0° 57′ 51″ southLongitude
131.26801° or 131° 16′ 5″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
6QFH27P9+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 1547887930OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
1621145Wikidata ID
Q24824451
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yef Yus” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pulau Yefyus”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Jus”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Yefyus”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Yus Yef”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Yus”
- Indonesian: “Yef Yus”
- Minangkabau: “Pulau Yus Yef”
- Swedish: “Pulau Yefyus”
- “Jef Joes”
- “Jus”
- “Yef Yus”
- “Yefyus”
- “Yus Yef”
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Notable Places Nearby
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