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Mentawai Islands - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mentawai Islands The Mentawai island chain is formed from part of the folded outer rim of the Sunda continental shelf. The main town and port is Muarasiberut, on Siberut Island. Densely wooded and mountainous, the islands support an economy of shifting cultivation, and hunting, fishing, and gathering for their indigenous, non-Malay population. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mentawai+Islands   (198 words)

Siberut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Siberut is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, lying west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. The island is known for its range of primates, including the Kloss Gibbon (Hylobates klossii), pig-tailed langur (Simias concolor), Mentawai Langur (Presbytis potenziani) and Mentawai Macaque (Macaca pagensis). A part of Indonesia, the island is the most important home for the Mentawai people. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siberut   (160 words)

WAVE of COMPASSION >2005 :: MENTAWAI ISLANDS >INDONESIA :: MENTAWAI ISLANDS Where the Mentawai culture originally came from, and how it developed so uniquely, is the subject of dispute among western scholars, but they aren't alone in their confusion. Enough Mentawai have been out of the jungle and seen the other side, and many have returned convinced that their culture is preferable. Dutch missionaries were the first Europeans to settle here and they found more converts on the lower Mentawai Islands of North and South Pagai than on Siberut, where the people preferred to hold on to their world of ancestors and spirits. www.waveofcompassion.org /2005mentawaiislandscolor2.html   (1343 words)

indonesiaphoto.com - History of the Mentawai Islands To hold, therefore, that the contemporary inhabitants of the Mentawai islands are somehow "primitive" relics of a bygone era that have only recently, or are only now, opening up to the rest of the world and beginning to change is a position not well supported by the available evidence. As a part of Southeast Asia it is unconvincing to posit that stasis and isolation are the primary characteristics of the history of the Mentawai islands prior to their entry into the written, and therefore by definition, historical record. Thus in order to forestall possible new moves by the British in respect of the islands off Sumatra’s west coast, that is Batu, Nias, Enggano, and the Mentawai islands, these were all officially brought under the umbrella of Dutch sovereignty on the 10 of July 1864 (Mess 1870:342). www.indonesiaphoto.com /content/view/104/46   (2454 words)

MENTAWAI ISLANDS CHARTER GUIDE The islands were -- and still are, in places -- home to extraordinary bands of Sumatran-origin tribesmen, who lived high in the rain forest areas of the larger islands and practiced cannibalism. The islands are outside the southeast trade wind belt and susceptible to fluky, stormy equatorial wind shifts. The island people are super mellow and really enjoy the interaction with surfers and charter boats because it occasionally results in some income from the sale of fish, crabs, bows and arrows, and the like. www.surfline.com /mag/features/mentawais/mentawais_textonly.html   (3623 words)

Mentawai Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mentawai Islands are a chain of islands off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. The Mentawai Islands are home to the Mentawai Islands rain forests ecoregion, home to many endemic species, including Four endemic primates : the Mentawai or Kloss Gibbon ( Hylobates klossii), Mentawai Macaque ( Macaca pagensis), Mentawai leaf-monkey ( Presbytis potenziani), and snub-nosed monkey ( Simias concolor). Siberut Island (4030 sq km) is the largest island of the four Mentawai Islands. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mentawai_Islands   (3623 words)

Geodynamic Setting The increasing obliquity gives rise to the Mentawai transpressional fault and the Sumatra strike-slip fault, allowing partitioning of the relative plate motion into a compressional component and a lateral NW displacement of a forearc sliver [ McCaffrey, 1991, Prawirodirdjo et al., 1997 ]. Huchon and Le Pichon (1984) first proposed that the evolution of the Sunda Strait results from the extension of the forearc sliver as it is entrained northwestward, producing a basin at the southeastern termination of the Sumatra Fault. The Sunda Strait is located at the juncture between these two subduction regimes where the increase in obliquity leads to the initiation of partitioning [ McCaffrey and Nabelek, 1991 ] (Fig. www.agu.org /pubs/toc/gl/gl/gl0021/2000GL011635/node1.html   (3623 words)

Sundaland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Wallace line, which includes the Lombok Strait between Bali and Lombok, and the Makassar Strait between Borneo and Sulawesi, marks the end of the Asian continental shelf, and the islands of Wallacea are separated from Asia and from Australia and New Guinea by deep ocean. Botanists often include Sundaland, Wallacea, the Philippines and New Guinea as a single Floristic province of Malesia, based on similarities in their flora, which is predominantly of Asian origin. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sundaland   (3623 words)

The Anthropology of the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia Mentawai in Global Context (2): Globalization, Regional Autonomy, and the Innervation of Local Political Process in the Mentawai Islands The Anthropology of the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia Managing the Mentawais: An Examination of Sustainable Tourism Mananagement and the Surfing Tourism Industry in the Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia. www.mentawai.org   (708 words)

Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Mentawai Islands rain forests (IM0127) The primary forests of the Mentawai Islands remained essentially intact until the influx of settlers from mainland Sumatra created population pressure and disrupted traditional management practices (WWF and IUCN 1995). Four endemic primates are found on the Mentawai Islands: the Mentawai gibbon (Hylobates klossii), Mentawai macaque (Macaca pagensis), Mentawai leaf-monkey (Presbytis potenziani), and snub-nosed monkey (Simias concolor). The Mentawai Islands have been separated from the mainland for more than half a million years, and the long isolation has allowed the survival of relicts of an early Indo-Malayan fauna as well as the evolution of many endemics (Whitten et al. www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0127_full.html   (948 words)

Mentawai Islands: The best surf location in the world :: Other Places Surf Bali :: Bali Travel Guide During my time in the Mentawai islands I swam down jungle rivers and walked around barefoot, but diseases are around and they take a toll on the people. Probably the best part of Indonesia for surfing is the Mentawai islands off the West Coast of northern Sumatra. Underlying everything is the island of Bali and the people who live here, their fascinating culture and way of life. www.baliblog.com /05-04/mentawai-islands-the-best-surf-location-in-the-world.html   (713 words)

The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today The indigenous people of Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra have demanded that the central and local governments recognize their rights as an ethnic group, rights accorded to other ethnic groups across the country. Mentawai Vice Regent Aztarmizi concurred, saying that the Mentawai people lack cultural organizational skills compared to the closely-knit Minangkabau ethnic group's Minangkabau Cultural Assembly on mainland West Sumatra, which works together with the provincial administration in regional development. Their demands, raised during the first Mentawai People's Congress in the regency capital city of Tuapejat recently, include involvement in policy-making, especially with regards to culture, education, the economy and natural resources management. www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20060426.D04   (638 words)

General Information & Preliminary Issues The Mentawai islands are located some 130 km to the west of the west coast of central Sumatra, specifically the province of West Sumatra and its provincial capital Padang. The islands are administered under the umbrella of the province of West Sumatra, one of 33 constituting the Republic of Indonesia. The indigenous language dialects are spoken in North Siberut, South Siberut, Sipora, and the Pagai Islands. www.asian.gu.edu.au /mentawai/gipi.htm   (1243 words)

Surfing News & Contests, Surf Reports, Surfnews & Forecasts The Mentawai group of islands are located about 120 km off the west coast of Sumatra, locked in their own time-zone, and isolated from the rest of Indonesia. The Mentawais lie to the south of Nias on the edge of the Sumatran Ocean Trench. The island group, though belonging to the Province of West Sumatra, is not included in the Minangkabau cultural sphere because of its different social, cultural and linguistic characteristics. www.surfersvillage.com /article.asp?id_article=27   (345 words)

zjboardinghouse.com Travel Stories Some of the trees on the beach have died from the salt water (the Mentawai's are slowly sinking, so some of the trees by the beach have died from being in the salt water too much) and the area on shore is a primordial swamp, with deep mud waiting to swallow you whole. The Mentawai's are a surfers dream come true and the adventure of a lifetime. Finally made it to the islands and headed down south to Macaroni's, but it was about 2' wind blown slop with three boats out, including one filled with Brazilians. www.zjboardinghouse.com /html/travel/mentawai_body.html   (2110 words)

Mentawai Island Leaf-monkey (Presbytis potenziani) Mentawai island leaf-monkeys have been found to be subordinate to Kloss' gibbons, being supplanted from feeding areas when approached (Tilson and Tenaza, 1982). The Mentawai Island leaf-monkey is found on the Mentawai Islands that are off of the West coast of Sumatra. The Mentawai Island leaf-monkey is primarily a folivorous species. members.tripod.com /uakari/presbytis_potenziani.html   (1884 words)

Saraina Koat Mentawai - Mentawai Wave Family Mentawai Islands Surf Charters Surfers Path Feature Or maybe the "discovery" of the Mentawais in the early 90's was so exciting and underground that now the islands aren't "new" or "exotic" anymore, they don't hold the same kudos. In June of 2002 the staff of the "Surfer's Path Magazine"embarked on a one-of-a-kind adventure to the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia. To think that the Mentawais begin and end with glossy surf trips, expensive charters, and a kind of lost innocence, is to miss the wider picture. www.mentawaiislands.com /surferspathmaster.html   (950 words)

Animal Info - Mentawai Leaf Monkey The Mentawai leaf monkey is endemic to the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. The average size of Mentawai leaf monkey troops is 3.4, including a mated pair and their offspring. The average size of Mentawai leaf monkey troops is 3 - 4 individuals, including a mated pair and their offspring. www.animalinfo.org /species/primate/prespote.htm   (448 words)

Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Melc-Men) The Mentawai Islands are a group of islands of Indonesia in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra. The Menai Strait is the channel separating Anglesey from north-west Wales. Menai Bridge is a coastal town on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GH5.HTM   (448 words)

Yacht Charter She is the largest Schooner operating in the Mentawai Islands and is renowned for unsurpassed comfort and spaciousness. Navistar is well known in the Mentawai Islands and is renowned for its unsurpassed comfort and spaciousness. She was designed exclusively for surf charters and dive operations in the Mentawai Islands. www.projeckts.com /view.asp?id=11   (1652 words)

Surf Aid groundswell builds - Inside Indonesia 75 The Mentawai Islands, off the coast of Sumatra, were discovered by surfers in the late 1980s. In some areas of the Mentawai Islands, up to 50 per cent of children die before the age of five, mainly from preventable diseases such as malaria, respiratory illnesses, dysentery, tuberculosis, measles and malnutrition. Most Mentawai people survive on subsistence farming, fishing and a few small cash crops such as copra (dried coconuts). www.serve.com /~inside/edit75/p09baker.html   (692 words)

Surfing Mentawai Islands The Mentawai Islands have consistently high temperatures and humidity, with very little change in temperature year round due to it’s proximity to the Equator. The islands are inhabited by local villages scattered throughout, where the main contact they have with the Western world is through the main ports, or encountering traveling surfers aboard charter boats. Since the islands are very close to the Equator, they are less affected by any trade winds and most winds are due to local storms or pressure differentials with many glassy days during the surf season. www.wavehunters.com /mentawais/mentawais.asp   (1289 words)

Indonesian Surfing Adventures - Mentawai, Hinako Islands, Nias The Mentawais are open to almost every swell direction as the islands block swell reaching mainland Sumatra. Next 10 days spent cruising the Mentawai Island chain surfing a choice of many great breaks. 6 days / 7 nights ($900) travel through the Mentawai Islands only. www.geocities.com /birubali/Mentawai-Nias-Hinako.html   (720 words)

[Killietalk] sumatra All the western slope rivers drain to the Mentawai Strait and the Indian Ocean. Based on the Nelles 1:1,500,000 map of Sumatra (Nelles Verlag, Munchen, Germany), the largest rivers are the Alas in the north, the Siak opposite Singapore, the Batang Hari at the mid-point of the island, and the Musi to the south. JAVA The Sunda Strait is east of Sumatra and west of Java. www.actwin.com /pipermail/killietalk/2004-December/003126.html   (720 words)

Untitled Document This is consistent with the Malod and Kemal (1996) interpretation of the Mentawai Fault along its entire length as marking the transition between the wedge and a rigid backstop of pre-existing basement. Samuel, M. and Harbury, N. The Mentawai fault zone and deformation of the Sumatra forearc in the Nias area. Future GPS measurements will also monitor the extent to which trench-parallel motion is accommodated by the Mentawai Fault. www.es.ucl.ac.uk /people/milsom/smtrntct.htm   (720 words)

GINCO [B3.22] We explain the transtension of the western Sunda Strait (Semangka Graben) and the transpression with inversion of the eastern Sunda Strait, along the newly detected Krakatau Basin, by this rotation. It is speculated that the SFZ originally was attached to the Cimandiri-Pelabuhan-Ratu strike-slip faults and shifted from the volcanic arc position into the forearc basin area due to clockwise rotation of Sumatra with respect to Java as well as due to increasingly oblique plate convergence since the late Lower Miocene. From the results of the GINCO I project there is evidence for the existence of two accretionary wedges along the Sunda Arc: wedge I is of assumed Paleogene age and wedge II of Neogene to Recent age (Fig. www.bgr.de /b322/text/d_sunda.htm   (720 words)

The Indian Ocean Journals - Part 2: The Mentawai Islands Later that day by chance and coincidence, I was given a hand drawn map how to surf the Mentawai Islands at a fraction of the cost of a charter boat. A hollow left on another island only worked one day and by the time we got to it, the tide was wrong. With all the downtime I was able to really reflect on the woman in my life who means so much to me. She was doing her own waiting of a different kind on the other side of the world. surfingthemag.com /news/surfing-pulse/indian-ocean-journal-111805   (1529 words)

Drop In, Tune Out - Los Angeles Times The Mentawais are the final stop for storm swells generated near the tip of Africa, which roll unimpeded for thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean. But at daybreak in the Mentawai Islands, we're alone, a group of eight friends and relatives, slightly unsettled by the mystery of these new waters. Because the Mentawais are a malarial hotbed, surfers mostly bunk on rented boats, spending 24 hours a day afloat. www.latimes.com /travel/la-tm-surfing42oct16,0,3313564.story?coll=la-home-travel   (952 words)

Mentawai Surf Charter Indonesia SY Katika The Mentawais are located some 130 km off the west coast of West Sumatra and the island chain offers some of the best surf to be found anywhere in the world. She is one of the original vessels to operate surf charters in the Mentawais, having been based there since 1995. Katika is a high quality 60' steel ketch and rated in the top 10 charters operating in the Mentawais by other operators. www.surfing-mentawai.com   (439 words)

EO Printall The cooling of the ocean in the coastal zone around the Mentawai Islands during Indian Ocean Dipole events influences the circulation of the atmosphere and rainfall, and it’s related to major droughts in Indonesia and Australia and floods in eastern Africa. Since the Mentawai Island region of the Indian Ocean is an iron-limited region, it wasn’t too much of a leap to assume that some sort of massive iron fertilization had occurred. The Mentawai Islands, fringed by coral reefs, lie 160 km (100 miles) off the coast of Sumatra, on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean. earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Study/CoralDeath/printall.php   (2919 words)

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