Not to be confused with Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea).
This article is about the island group in Indonesia. For other islands with same name, see Schouten (disambiguation).
Location of Biak IslandsBiak and Supiori Islands with minor islands and townsBiak Islands in Cenderawasih Bay.
The Biak Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Biak, also Schouten Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. The group consists of the main islands of Biak, Supiori and Numfor, and numerous smaller islands, mostly covered in rain forest. The population of the archipelago is about 130,000.
main islands of Biak, Supiori and Numfor, and numerous smaller islands, mostly covered in rain forest. The population of the archipelago is about 130,000...
Biak is the main island of BiakArchipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest...
The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands composing...
largest members of the Biak Islands archipelago at the northern entrance into Cenderawasih Bay. These two large islands are Biak and Numfor; the remaining...
almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere and includes the Biak and Raja Ampat archipelagoes. The region is predominantly covered with rainforest where...
grams or more than E. p. polychloros. Biak Island eclectus parrot (E. p. biaki) – While some believe the Biak eclectus is doubtfully valid from E. p...
hiding tunnels across the archipelago of then Dutch East Indies , not only in Bukittinggi, but also in cities of Bandung and Biak, as well as other places...
In the bay is the archipelago known as the Biak Islands (also called the Schouten Islands, or Geelvink Islands), comprising Biak, the Padaido Islands...
Padaido Archipelago, is a group of Islands in Indonesia's Papua Province. They lie in Cenderawasih Bay, south and southeast of the island of Biak. The archipelago...
intervention on behalf of the Spanish led to the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato on December 14, 1897, an account of which he published in 1910. Among...
Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago located off of the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula (on the island of New Guinea), Southwest Papua...
Varanus kordensis, the Biak tree monitor, is a member of the Varanidae family found on Biak Island in Indonesia. It is also known as the Kordo tree monitor...
held on November 1, 1897, at Biak-na-Bato in the town of San Miguel de Mayumo in Bulacan, established the Republic of Biak-na-Bato. The republic had a...
Supiori is an island of the Schouten Islands archipelago in Cenderawasih Bay, just west of Biak island in Papua Province, Western New Guinea, northeastern...
Guinea) E. m. cerberus (Butler, 1882) (East New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, Biak) E. m. buxtoni (Moore, 1883) (Sumatra) E. m. lorzae (Moore, 1883)...
Biak, Yapen, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, Vulcan Island, Dampier Island, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, the Louisiade Archipelago,...
lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago when New Guinea and Australia were a single...
against the Spaniards. He is credited with establishing army headquarters at Biak Na Bato, which today is a national park because of its historical significance...
Aguinaldo arrived at Biak-na-Bato, San Miguel, Bulacan, and established a headquarters there in what is now called "Aguinaldo Cave" in Biak-na-Bato National...
AB, 1884: Originally described as a separate species. Found on Yapen and Biak (off north-western New Guinea) M. c. fuscescens - Meyer, AB, 1884: Originally...
T. g. rosseliana Tristram, 1889 – Rossel Island (east Louisiade Archipelago) The Biak paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera riedelii) and the Kofiau paradise...
It was the culmination of the 333-year colonial rule of Spain to the archipelago. The Philippines were among the last colonies of the Spanish Empire,...
It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands archipelago, between Halmahera and about 65 kilometres (40 miles) to the northwest...
connecting East Asia, South Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. Indonesia's various regional cultures have been shaped—although...
Mios Num and Rani (south of Biak, Geelvink Bay islands, northwest New Guinea) L. a. mysorensis (Meyer, AB, 1874) – Biak (Geelvink Bay islands, northwest...
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