Varella Island
Berhala island is an island off Sumatra in Indonesia with an area of about 2.5 km2. It is located in the Berhala Strait between Jambi and Singkep. In the past, the island was at the center of a provincial disputed since 1982, previously between Jambi and Riau, including the regency Riau Islands.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Lingga Regency, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Beralas”, “Berhala Island”, and “Poulo Varela”
Varella Island
- Categories: islet, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.8594° or 0° 51′ 34″ southLongitude
104.40558° or 104° 24′ 20″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
6PF64CR4+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 537142506OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
1649009Wikidata ID
Q2897156
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Varella Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيرهالا”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Berhala”
- Chinese: “波哈拉島(蘇門答臘)”
- Dutch: “Berhala Island, Sumatra”
- Indonesian: “Berhala”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Berhala”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Varela”
- Javanese: “Pulo Berhala”
- Malayalam: “ബെര്ഹല ദ്വീപ്, സുമാത്ര”
- Minangkabau: “Pulau Berhalo”
- Swedish: “Pulau Berhala”
- Ukrainian: “Берхала (острів)”
- Ukrainian: “Берхала”
- “Berhala”
- “Poulo Varela”
- “Pulau Beralas”
- “Pulau Berhala”
- “Pulau Varela”
- “Pulau Varella”
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