Basing Island
Basing Island is an islet in Riau Islands, Sumatra. Basing Island is situated nearby to the suburb Kampung Baru, as well as near Tanjung Ayun Sakti.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Tanjungpinang City, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Basing”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanjung Pinang and Senggarang.
Tanjung Pinang
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tanjung Pinang is the main town on the island of Bintan, and the capital of Riau Islands province. The town has an instantly likeable 'feel' despite being somewhat of a culture shock after squeaky clean Singapore.
Senggarang
Suburb
Photo: Anton Leddin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Senggarang is the name of a region in Tanjungpinang and on the island of Bintan, Indonesia, which houses the oldest temple in the Riau Islands.Its biggest village is Kampung Bugis. Senggarang is situated 10 km north of Basing Island.
Basing Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Riau Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
0.85966° or 0° 51′ 35″ northLongitude
104.42324° or 104° 25′ 24″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
6PG6VC5F+V7OpenStreetMap ID
way 58720756OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
10275842Wikidata ID
Q26761286
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Basing Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pulau Basing (pulo, lat 0,86, long 104,42)”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Basing”
- Dutch: “Pulau Basing (ö i Indonesien, lat 0,86, long 104,42)”
- Indonesian: “Basing”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Basing”
- Swedish: “Pulau Basing”
- “Basing”
- “Pulau Basing”
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Localities in the Area
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