Tukangbesi Islands
Tukangbesi Islands, is a group of islands off the coast of Sulawesi immediately east of Buton island in the Banda Sea region, and part of Sulawesi Tenggara.- Type: Island
- Description: island group in Indonesia
- Also known as: “Kepulauan Tukangbesi”, “Toekang Besi Eilanden”, “Tukan Besi Archipelago”, “Tukang Besi Islands”, “Wakatohi Archipelago”, and “Wakatoi Islands”
Tukangbesi Islands
- Categories: archipelago, locality, and landform
- Location: Southeast Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-5.66667° or 5° 40′ south
Longitude
123.83333° or 123° 50′ east
Open location code
6Q658RMM+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tukangbesi Islands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر توكانغبيسي”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Туканг-Бесі”
- Belarusian: “Туканг-Бесі”
- Cebuano: “Kepulauan Tukangbesi”
- Chinese: “圖康伯西群島”
- Czech: “Ostrovy Tukangbesi”
- Dutch: “Toekang Besi Eilanden”
- Finnish: “Tukangbesi-saaret”
- French: “îles Tukangbesi”
- French: “Îles Tukangbesi”
- German: “Tukang Besi”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Tukang besi”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Tukangbesi”
- Indonesian: “Pulau-Pulau Tukangbesi”
- Japanese: “トゥカンベシ諸島”
- Polish: “Wyspy Tukangbesi”
- Russian: “Тукангбеси”
- Swedish: “Kepulauan Tukangbesi”
- Ukrainian: “Тукангбесі”
- “Toekang Besi”
- “Tukang Besi”
- “Tukangbesi”
- “Wakatoi”
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