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Waigeo is an island in West Papua province of eastern Indonesia. The island is also known as Amberi, or Waigiu. It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands archipelago, between Halmahera and about 65 km to the northwest coast of New Guinea. The Dampier Strait (a.k.a. Augusta's Strait) separates it from Batanta, and the Bougainville Strait from the Kawe Islands to its northwest. The "inner sea" that nearly cleaves the island in two is the Majoli Gulf.〔(Victor Émile van Straelen, ''Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL.AA.RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique'', Musée royale d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, 1933 )〕 The area of the island is 3,155 km²; the highest elevations are 958 m high Buffalo Horn (Gunung Nok) and 939 m high Serodjil.〔Pub164, 2004 Sailing Directions (Enroute): New Guinea〕 From west to east the island measures approximately 110 km, north-south about 50 km. The town of Waisai in the west of the island is the capital of the Raja Ampat regency. Languages spoken on Waigeo include Papuan Malay, Biak, Ma'ya, and Ambel.〔Remijsen, Bert, 2001. Word Prosodic systems of the Raja Ampat languages. Utrecht: LOT Publications.〕 ==History== Jorge de Menezes, a Portuguese explorer, landed on Waigeo Island in 1526-27. Since 1997, the island has been the site of a substantial pearl farming operation owned by the Australian company Atlas Pacific. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waigeo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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