Biak
Biak is a small island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and corals.- Type: Island
- Description: small island in Papua province, Indonesia
- Category: island
- Location: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Latitude -0.9576° or 0° 57' 27.4" south | Longitude 135.9462° or 135° 56' 46.3" east |
Population 5000 | Elevation 127 metres (417 feet) |
GeoNames ID 1648843 |
Also Known As
- Arabic: جزيرة بياك
- Azerbaijani: Biak adası
- Bambara: Biak
- Catalan: Biak
- Cebuano: Pulau Biak (pulo sa Indonesia)
- Cebuano: Pulau Biak
- Chinese: Biak
- Chinese: 比亞克島
- Chinese: 比阿克島
- Czech: Biak
- Dutch: Biak
- English: Biak Island
- English: Pulau Biak
- Esperanto: Biak
- Finnish: Biak
- French: Biak
- Galician: Biak
- German: Biak
- Indonesian: Pulau Biak
- Indonesian: Pulau biak
- Italian: Biak
- Japanese: ビアク島
- Javanese: Pulo Biak
- Korean: 비악섬
- Malayalam: ബിയക്
- Norwegian: Biak
- Norwegian Bokmål: Biak
- Persian: بیاک
- Polish: Biak
- Romanian: Biak
- Russian: Биак
- Serbo-Croatian: Biak (ostrvo)
- Serbo-Croatian: Biak (otok)
- Serbo-Croatian: Biak
- Spanish: Biak
- Swahili: Biak
- Swedish: Biak
- Vietnamese: Biak
- Western Mari: Биак ошмаоты
Other Places Named Biak
- BiakIndonesia
- Biak Numfor RegencyTown, Indonesia
- BiakVillage, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
In the Area
Localities
- DousiHamlet, 3 km southwest
- MarisenHamlet, 4 km west
- WonabraidiHamlet, 4 km east
- WirmakerHamlet, 5 km south
Landmarks
- Kepulauan SchoutenIsland, 6 km northwest
- Tanjung SnerisbariPoint, 14 km northeast
- Teluk KorimBay, 15 km northeast
- Tanjung AriresbariPoint, 15 km northeast
Other Places
- Sungai KorimStream, 12 km northeast
- Snemando CreekStream, 13 km southwest
- Sungai WaafurdoriStream, 13 km northeast
- WaridoriStream, 14 km northeast
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