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West Nusa Tenggara

Medang Island

Medang Island is an island group off the north coast of , west of , in the Flores Sea. It is actually composed of two islands, Medang Besar and Medang Kecil, administratively called Bajo Medang and Bugis Medang; together they cover an area of about 28 km2 and had a combined population of about 3,000 in 2022.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Madang Island”, “Maddang”, “Medang”, “Medang island”, “Pulau Medang”, and “Vlak-eiland”

Medang Island

Latitude
-8.14465° or 8° 8′ 41″ south
Longitude
117.38408° or 117° 23′ 3″ east
Open location code
6P3VV94M+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24270653
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1635732
Wiki­data ID
Q6805131
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Medang Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Medang (pulo sa West Nusa Tenggara)”
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Medang”
  • Chinese: “默當島”
  • Dutch: “Medang Island”
  • Dutch: “Vlak-eiland”
  • Indonesian: “Medang”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Medang”
  • Javanese: “Medang”
  • Malayalam: “ചെപ്പേടിൽ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Swedish: “Pulau Medang (ö i Indonesien, Nusa Tenggara Barat)”
  • Swedish: “Pulau Medang”
  • “Madang”
  • “Maddang”
  • “Medang”
  • “Pulau Medang”
  • “Vlak”

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