Waigeo
Raja Ampat is a group of islands on the western tip of Papua in Indonesia, famous for its diving experience. Most of the world's coral reefs biodiversity and rare species of marine life can easily be found in an archipelago about the size of Switzerland.
- Island
- …has about 1,670 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 960 metres (3,140 feet)
- Description: island in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia
- Also known as“Vajgeo”“Waigen”“Waigeo Island”“Waigeoe”“Waigeu”“Waigiu”“Waygiou”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
-0.1723° or 0° 10′ 20″ south
Longitude
130.8248° or 130° 49′ 29″ east
Open location code
6QFGRRHF+3W
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Waigeo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة وايجيو”
- Asturian: “Waigeo”
- Azerbaijani: “Vayqeo”
- Balinese: “Nusa Waigéo”
- Basque: “Waigeo”
- Catalan: “Amberi”
- Catalan: “Waigeo”
- Catalan: “Waigiu”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Waigeo”
- Chinese: “卫吉岛”
- Chinese: “衛吉島”
- Chinese: “衞吉島”
- Czech: “Waigeo”
- Dutch: “Waigeo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره وايجيو”
- Esperanto: “Vaigeo”
- French: “Waigeo”
- Galician: “Waigeo”
- German: “Waigeo”
- German: “Waigeu”
- Hebrew: “ואיגאו”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Waigeo”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Waigoe”
- Indonesian: “Waigeo”
- Italian: “Waigeo”
- Japanese: “ワイゲオ島”
- Javanese: “Pulo Waigeo”
- Latvian: “Vaigeo”
- Lithuanian: “Vaigeo sala”
- Lithuanian: “Vaigeo”
- Macedonian: “Вајгео”
- Malayalam: “വൈഗെഒ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waigeo”
- Norwegian: “Waigeo”
- Polish: “Waigeo”
- Portuguese: “Waigeo”
- Russian: “Амбери”
- Russian: “Вайгамский”
- Russian: “Вайгео”
- Russian: “Вайгеу”
- Russian: “Вайгью”
- Spanish: “Isla de Waigeo”
- Spanish: “Isla Waigeo”
- Spanish: “Waigeo”
- Swedish: “Pulau Waigeo”
- Ukrainian: “Вайгео”
- Urdu: “وائیگیو”
- Vietnamese: “Waigeo”
- Western Frisian: “Waigeo”
- Western Mari: “Вайгео”
- “Waigen”
- “Waigeoe”
- “Waigoe”
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