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	KANGEAN ISLAND
		Kangean Island is the name of an island among the many islands that are stretched out east of Madura Island, of East Java.
		This island, which is 30,000 hectares in size, apparently holdsa tourism potential that is feasible to be offered.
		In between the stretches of mangrove forestry, that from little islands, is the marine park with its variety of coral reefs, complete with colorful decorative fish.
	www.petra.ac.id /eastjava/cities/madura/tourobj/kangean.htm (540 words)

	Kangean Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Kangeans lie northwest of the Lesser Sunda Islands (Nusa Tenggara), some 75 miles (121 km) north of Bali, and consist of three main islands surrounded by about 60 islets and covering a land area of 258 square miles (668 square km).
		The small island, one of Japan's most scenic spots, is 19 miles (31 km) in circumference and occupies an area of 12 square miles (31 square km).
		The Marshall Islands' nearest neighbors are Wake Island to the north, Kiribati and Nauru to the south, and the Federated States of Micronesia to the west.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9044556 (808 words)

	KANGEAN DIVING - BALI VISION - bali diving,diving in bali,kangean diving,bali diving reservation,bali travel,what's in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		We had chartered a boat and were bound for the Kangean archipelago, a cluster of small islands that lies 130 kilometers due north of Bali.
		Beneath the Kangean islands are huge reservoirs of natural gas that are expected to supply the energy needs of Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city.
		This was only one of many beautiful anchorages we discovered in the next four days as we sailed from island to island in this shallow sea.The dozens of small islands are inhabited by Muslim fishermen and their families, and in the evenings we would invite them aboard for conversation.
	www.balivision.com /travel/dive_kangean.asp (1358 words)

	Access Indonesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		They are originally the inhabitants of the island of Madura, the eastern portion of Java and the Kangean Islands.
		Fourth largest ethnic group in Indonesia are the Minangkabau, which constitute 3% of the total population and are the inhabitants of the West Sumatra province.
		It is somewhat different from the one practiced in India, and and it is restricted mainly to Bali island as well as to parts of Lombok, where many ethnic Balinese live.
	cippad.usc.edu /ai/themes/cfm/culture.cfm (1048 words)

	Ch03
		The islands have extensive swamps, but their northern and western coasts are fringed by beach ridges possibly derived from sandy material on the sea floor during the shallowing that accompanied emergence.
		Both islands have tin-bearing alluvial deposits in river valleys and out beneath the sea floor, where such valleys extended and incised during glacial low sea-level phases and were submerged and infliled as the sea subsequently rose.
		Nusa barung is a large island of Miocene limestone with a karstic topography and a cliffed and isletted southern coast; its outlines are related to joint patterns and southward-tilting (Tjia 1962).
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/80197e/80197E03.htm (11018 words)

	A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Twenty-eight islands on Peninsula Malaysia and the surrounding marine waters have been identified for inclusion in MPAs under the Marine Parks Program.1 Two groups of islands (the Pulau Payar Group and the Pulau Redang Archipelago) have been established as Marine Parks and in operation for several years.
		Côn Dåo Islands National Park (8-43'N, 106-37'): The area includes a group of 15 small islands situated in the southern part of the Viet Nam Sea, the largest being CÔn Son, with typical fringing coral reefs, and mangroves.
		Current patterns are such that the islands are likely to be an important source of larvae and juveniles for fish and invertebrates, including many species of economical importance such as tuna.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/mpa/nrsmpa/global/volume3/chapter13.html (10694 words)

	Sunda Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		There are several volcanic islands within the strait, the most famous of which is Krakatoa, which erupted on August 27, 1883, causing a tsunami with waves as high as 125 feet (38 metres) that destroyed 300 towns and...
		The largest island is Alor (900 square miles [2,330 square km]), the two major mountains of which, Kolana (5,791 feet [1,765 metres]) and Muna (4,724 feet [1,440 metres]),...
		Seven of these islands belong to the group called the Visayan Islands, which lie in the central and eastern Philippines, between the two largest islands.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9070346 (886 words)

	Maps of Indonesia
		Bawean, Masalembu Kecil, and Masalembu Besar islands, and Kangean Islands are also shown in insets.
		The form of the land (dominated by a number of volcanoes) is vividly portrayed with shaded relief, and green tints to distinguish the lowlands.
		In typical Nelles style, the mountainous terrain is revealed with the use of intricate shaded relief, and the lowlands are accented with a green tint.
	www.mindbird.com /indonesia_maps.htm (440 words)

	Madura : Island of Charm, Kangean Mini Archipelago
		Most important among them are the islands of Kangean, Saobi, Paliat, Sabunten, Sapeken, Saseel and Sepanjang.
		Nowadays the sea route connecting Kalianget and Kangean is serviced by reliable and regular transport, provided by the ASDP (River, Lake and Ferry Transport) and the private company P T Cahaya Makkarannu.
		Almost all of the islands display great natural beauty, white sandy beaches and the potential to become an incomparable marine resort.
	www.eastjava.com /books/madura/html/kangean.html (245 words)

	Asian Diver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The water between Komodo Island (home of the fabled "dragon," a large monitor lizard) and Labuhanbjo, Flores are speckled with small islands ringed with coral.
		With the deepest seas in Indonesia and islands jutting up from abyssal depths, this is truly spectacular diving second to none.
		The Banda Islands are a tiny group rising incongruously out of the middle of the wide Banda Sea - the Hawaii of Indonesia.
	www.asiandiver.com /travel/indonesia/fantastic_diving.htm (2398 words)

	Kangean Archipelago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Kangean Islands are a group of about 30 islands situated 120 kin north of Bali and east of Madura.
		The largest island is Kangean, with a length of 40 km and width of 25 km.
		A large part of the western half of the north coast is bordered by sandy beaches, while the eastern half and a part of the southern plain are fringed with coral reefs and overgrown with mangroves.
	www.arcbc.org.ph /wetlands/indonesia/idn_kangean_arc.htm (445 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The topography of Pulau Kangean is generally mountainous along the central ridge, attenuating to flat lowlands in the north and south.
		Climate The islands experience a tropical monsoon climate, with a wet season from October to March and a dry season commencing in May. Mean daily temperatures during the dry season range between 31°C and 32°C, while during the wet season the mean temperature falls to 28°C (de Iongh et al., 1982).
		Vegetation The central and northern parts of Pulau Kangean are covered by a tropical sub-montane forest with a canopy height of between 25m and 30m, with occasional emergents reaching 40m.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1882v.htm (808 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		According to Eteng, the pipeline no longer touched the seabed at places between Raas and Kangean islands due to erosion caused by strong currents.
		In anticipation of trouble, London-based BP Plc, which operates gas fields in Kangean and supplies it through the pipeline, declared on Wednesday the area around the troubled section of the pipeline as a danger zone.
		The 28-diameter-inch pipeline stretches 440 kilometers from Kangean to East Java's mainland, passing through a 370-km offshore section.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20021005.L02 (543 words)

	Index to Comic Art Collection: "Islands" to "Israel"
		In addition, stories of the Caribbean or the South Seas are stories that happen on or between islands.
		All the action of the Miguelanxo Prado album Streak of Chalk takes place on a remote island as well, not located by the author but arguably in the Atlantic Ocean.
		The thief is an old friend of Valence, who is hiding them on the island of San Severina.
	www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/irri/islands.htm (6086 words)

	Hawkbill
		Departing 23 August, the submarine steamed via Saipan to her patrol area in the Philippine Islands in company with Baya and Becuna.
		Departing on her fourth patrol 5 May, HawKbill served on lifeguard station for a B-24 strike on the Kangean Islands north of fabled Bali.
		She decommissioned at Mare Island 30 September 1946 and joined the Reserve Fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/h3/hawkbill-i.htm (721 words)

	Islands, Castles and Portable Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		An Icom IC-2KL will be arriving on the island in May 2004 together with an Optibeam OB9-5E for HF and a 6-element Tonna for 50 Mhz.
		Loof for Kan, JJ2RCJ, to be QRV August 12-18th as FM/JJ2RCJ from the island of Martinique (IOTA NA-105, DIFO FM-001).
		He plans to be active on 20 and 40 metres from a few islands in the EU-016 IOTA groups: Daksa (IOCA CI-165, MIA MC-065; WLH 9A-010, ARLHS CRO-037 and CLH-017 for the Croatian Lighthouses Award), Grebeni (CI-173; WLH 9A-018, ARLHS CRO-054, CLH-036), Kolocep (CIA-18 CI-038; CRO-031, CLH-010) and Sipan (CIA-50, CI-122; CRO-173, CLH-167).
	www.qsl.net /va3rj/icpo.html (8437 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Eastern Java-Bali rain forests (IM0113)
		Truly born of fire, the islands of Java and Bali are the result of the subduction and remelting of the Australian-Indian Ocean tectonic plate beneath the Eurasian tectonic plate at the Java trench.
		The Kangean Islands, off the northern coast of Java, have uplifted limestone deposits with numerous caves that harbor fourteen of these islands' fifteen bat species (Whitten et al.
		The endangered Bawean (or Kuhl's) deer (Axis kuhlii), confined to the small island of Bawea (MacKinnon and MacKinnon 1986), is a strict endemic of this ecoregion (table 1).
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0113_full.html (1384 words)

	The Observer \| International \| Dream boat to sail Asia's ancient trade route to Africa
		Philip Beale, 42, quit his job with Morley Fund Management and had a replica of the Borobudur boats built in the Kangean islands, some 60 miles north of Bali.
		With a crew of 14, he plans to follow the route of the Javanese pioneers and sail the 'Borobudur Ship' from Indonesia to Madagascar, round the Cape of Good Hope and finish in Ghana, where there is evidence of first millennium Indonesian influence.
		The maiden voyage, from the Kangean islands to the north-eastern tip of Java, is scheduled to begin today and the adventure proper should start in the middle of August.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,987227,00.html (580 words)

	Madurese -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Javanese constitute approximately 70 percent of Java's population and live primarily in the central and eastern portions of the island.
		Western Java is inhabited mostly by Sundanese, and eastern Java and the island of Madura by Madurese.
		In the eastern Outer Islands are a number of groups, such...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9049932 (476 words)

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	rove.to /indonesia/--- (1226 words)

	[No title]
		It documents music and dance from American Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia (Marquesas Islands and Tahiti, Society Islands), Indonesia (Bali, Java, and Madura), Kangean Islands, and New Caledonia before the large-scale cultural disruptions that followed World War II.
		It documents music and dance from American Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia (Marquesas Islands and Tahiti, Society Islands), Indonesia (Bali, Java, and Madura), Kangean Islands, and New Caledonia, and contains possibly the last field recordings made in Oceania before World War II and the subsequent effects on these cultures.
		Also featured in the collection are a number of children's songs and fairy tales from Java, bull-racing music and boatmen's songs from Madura, and the only known field recordings from the Kangean Islands, a small archipelago northeast of Java.
	www.loc.gov /folklife/guides/textfiles/fahnestock.txt (4892 words)

	USS PERCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		From February 8 to 23 PERCH was sent several reports concerning enemy concentrations near her area, and was directed to patrol or perform reconnaissance in various positions near the islands of the Java Sea.
		On February 25 she was directed to go through Salajar Strait and patrol along the 100 fathom curve northeast of the Kangean Islands as part of the force then attempting to defend Java.
		On February 25 she reported two previous attacks with negative results, and stated that she had received a shell hit in her conning tower, which, damaging the antenna trunk, made transmissions uncertain, but she could receive.
	www.submarinevets.com /~subvetsww2/176.html (861 words)

	Fact sheet with information about diving in Bali: Menjangan, Tulamben, Amed, Candi Dasa, Padang Bai, Gilimanuk, Nusa ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kangean islands north of Bali can only be reached by liveaboard
		Indonesia: Bali (east, north, south), Nusa Tenggara (Lombok, Komodo, Flores, Alor), Sulawesi (Manado, Tukangbesi islands, Makassar and Selayar, Lembeh straits, Siau and Sangihe islands and Palu, Banggai islands and Togian islands)
		Bali - Bohol - Borneo - Burma and Thailand - Cebu - Lembeh - Leyte - Malaysia (east coast) - Manado and Siau islands - Negros - Nusa Tenggara - Sangat - Sulawesi (Central- and South-Sulawesi) - Tubbataha
	www.starfish.ch /dive/Bali-info.html (991 words)

	The AvianWeb: All About Birds
		Immatures with green crown and nape; upper and lower mandible in both male and female pink; iris dark; young males with slightly paler abdomen plumage; adult plumage attained by two years.
		Female with dark green stripe to cheek and without pink band to nape; yellow-green collar; blue tinge to back of head absent; middle tail-feathers washed with blue; upper and lower mandible fl.
		Natuna and Riau Islands as well as islands of Bintan, Belitung and Karimata, Indonesia.
	www.avianweb.com /ringneckparrots.htm (2790 words)

	Saving The Endangered Music Of Bali And The South Pacific
		Illness in the cannibal islands of New Guinea ended their plans and they sailed to the Philippines where they were forced to put Director up for sale.
		More than anything else on their first expedition, the brothers were most captivated by the music of the islands of the Pacific, and especially Indonesia.
		In the Marquesas Islands, the oldest people sang "prediction songs." They saw the Fahnestocks' first ship, the 65-ft. Director I, then the second, which they declared was the first one grown up.
	www.frugalfun.com /fahnestock.html (3002 words)

	Cockatoo.com / Indonesia / Bali / diving
		Pelni connects all major Indonesian islands with mostly German-made passenger ships.
		Tiny, volcanic Bali is one of the most enchanting islands in the world.
		A long ride north brings them to the Kangean Islands, to a world of coral knolls rising from sandy beds.
	www.cockatoo.com /indonesia/e-04bali/ei-bal16.htm (314 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In October HAWKBILL shifted patrol to the South China Sea and, while approaching two carriers 7 October, was forced down by violent depth charging by Japanese destroyers.
		She decommissioned at Mare Island 30 September 1948 and joined the Reserve Fleet.
		Brought out of reserve in 1952, HAWKBILL was loaned to the Netherlands under the Military Assistance Program 21 April 1953 and now serves as ZEELEEUW (S- 803).
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/submar/ss366.txt (722 words)

	Turtle Essays, Borobudur Ship, Cape Town
		Although ancient in design the ship itself is not very old.
		It was built in the Kangean Islands about 60 miles north of Bali and took about 5 months to construct
		The design of the ship was taken from a stone relief found on the walls of the Borobudur temple.
	www.turtlesa.com /Borobudurship.html (461 words)

	[No title]
		Group, (P29VMS) OC-206 VK6 letter l., Western Australia State (SW Coast) North Group (Western Australia Islands) issued for the activity of VK6ISL from Faure Island.
		OC-208 YB8 Banggai Islands, letter a., YE8I from Banggai Island Group.
		OC-209 YB8 Talaud Islands, letter s., YE8TI from Talaud Island.
	prc6f.chez.tiscali.fr /dwn/biblio/OC.txt (191 words)

	Dive Bali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Tiny, volcanin Bali is one of the most enchanting islands in the world.
		It entices a million tourists a year, drawn like moths towarsd an exotic flame.
		Spice Island Cruises will take you to Lombok and the Komodo Islands.
	www.indo.com /Indonesia/Active/dive.bali.html (353 words)

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