List of outlying islands of Indonesia

Under a presidential decree in 2005 Indonesia has categorised 92 geographically isolated and distant islands as pulau terluar or "outlying islands". 67 of them are close to a neighbouring country, and 28 are inhabited.

List

#	Name	Coordinates	Sea	Kabupaten	Province	Neighbouring country
1	Alor Island		Ombai Strait	Alor	East Nusa Tenggara	East Timor
2	Ararkula Island		Arafura Sea	Southeast Maluku	Maluku	Australia
3	Asutubun Island		Timor Sea	West Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor
4	Bangkit Island		Sulawesi Sea	Bolaang Mongondow	North Sulawesi	Philippines
5	Nusa Barung Island		Indian Ocean	Jember	East Java	Australia
6	Batarkusu Island		Timor Sea	West Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor
7	Batek Island		Savu Sea	Kupang	East Nusa Tenggara	East Timor
8	Batu Bawaikang Island		Sulawesi Sea	Sangihe Islands	North Sulawesi	Philippines
9	Batu Berhanti Island		Singapore Straits	Batam	Riau Islands	Singapoor
10	Batu Goyang Island		Arafura Sea	Southeast Maluku	Maluku	Australia
12	Batu Mandi Island		Malacca Straits	Bintan	Riau Islands	Malaysia
13	Benggala Island		Indian Ocean	Sabang	Aceh	India
14	Bepondi Island		Pacific Ocean	Biak Numfor	Papua	Palau
15	Berhala Island		Malacca Straits	Deli Serdang	North Sumatra	Malaysia
16	Bras Island		Pacific Ocean	Biak Numfor	Papua	Palau
17	Budd Island		Pacific Ocean	Sorong	West Papua	Palau
18	Damar Island		South China Sea	Anambas Islands	Riau Islands	Malaysia
19	Dana Island		Indian Ocean	Rote Ndao	East Nusa Tenggara	Australia
20	Dana Island		Indian Ocean	Sabu Raijua	East Nusa Tenggara	Australia
21	Deli Island		Indian Ocean	Pandeglang	Banten	Australia
22	Dolangan Island		Sulawesi Sea	Toli-Toli	Central Sulawesi	Malaysia
24	Enu Island		Arafura Sea	Moluques du Sud-Est	Maluku	Australia
25	Fani Island		Pacific Ocean	Sorong	West Papua	Palau
26	Fanildo Island		Pacific Ocean	Biak Numfor	Papua	Palau
27	Gosong Makasar Island		Sulawesi Sea	Nunukan	East Kalimantan	Malaysia
28	Intata Island		Sulawesi Sea	Talaud Islands	North Sulawesi	Philippines
29	Iyu Kecil Island		Malacca Strait	Karimun	Riau Islands	Malaysia
30	Jiew Island		Halmahera Sea	Halmahera	North Maluku	Palau
31	Kakarutan Island		Pacific Ocean	Talaud Islands	North Sulawesi	Philippines
32	Karang Island		Arafura Sea	Southeast Maluku	Maluku	Australia
33	Karaweira Island		Arafura Sea	Southeast Maluku	Maluku	Australia
34	Karimun Kecil Island		Malacca Strait	Karimun	Riau Islands	Malaysia
35	Kawalusu Island		Sulawesi Sea	Sangihe Islands	North Sulawesi	Philippines
36	Kawio Island		Mindanao Sea	Sangihe Islands	North Sulawesi	Philippines
37	Kepala Island		South China Sea	Natuna Islands	Riau Islands	Malaysia
38	Kisar Island		Wetar Strait	West Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor
39	Kolepon Island		Arafura Sea	Merauke	Papua	Australia
40	South Kultubai Island		Arafura Sea	Southeast Maluku	Maluku	Australia
41	North Kultuba Island		Arafura Sea	Moluques du Sud-Est	Maluku	Australia
42	Laag Island		Arafura Sea	Irian Jaya Timur	Papua	Australia
43	Larat Island		Arafura Sea	Western Southeast Maluku	Maluku	Australia
44	Leti Island		Timor Sea	Western Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor
45	Liki Island		Pacific Ocean	Jayapura	Papua	Papua-New Guinea
46	Lingian Island		Macassar Strait	Toli-Toli	Central Sulawesi	Malaysia
47	Liran Island		Détroit de Wetar	Western Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor
48	Makalehi Island		Celebes Sea	Îles Sangihe	North Sulawesi	Philippines
49	Mangkai Island		South China Sea	Anambas	Riau Islands	Malaysia
50	Mangudu Island		Indian Ocean	Sumba Timur	Petites îles de la Sonde orientales	Australia
51	Manterawu		Celebes Sea	Bolaang Mongondow	Sulawesi du Nord	Philippines
52	Manuk		Indian Ocean	Tasikmalaya	Java occidental	Australia
53	Marampit		Celebes Sea	Îles Talaud	Sulawesi du Nord	Philippines
54	Maratua		Celebes Sea	Berau	Kalimantan oriental	Malaysia
55	Marore		Celebes Sea	Îles Sangihe	Sulawesi du Nord	Philippines
56	Masela		Timor Sea	Western Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor
57	Meatimiarang		Timor Sea	Western Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor
59	Miangas		Celebes Sea	Îles Talaud	Sulawesi du Nord	Philippines
60	Miossu		Pacific Ocean	Sorong	West Papua	Palau
61	Nipa		Singapore Strait	Batam	Riau Islands	Singapore
62	Nongsa Island		Singapore Strait	Batam	Riau Islands	Singapore
63	Nusa Kambangan		Indian Ocean	Cilacap	Central Java	Australia
64	Panambulai Island		Arafura Sea	Moluques du Sud-Est	Maluku	Australia
65	Panehan Island		Indian Ocean	Trenggalek	East Java	Australia
66	Pelampong Island		Singapore Strait	Batam	Ria Islands	Singapore
68	Rondo Island		Indian Ocean	Sabang	Aceh	India
70	Salando Island		Celebes Sea	Toli-Toli	Sulawesi central	Malaysia
72	Sambit Island		Celebes Sea	Berau	Kalimantan oriental	Malaysia
73	Sebatik Island		Macassar Strait	Nunukan	Kalimantan oriental	Malaysia
74	Sebetul Island		South China Sea	Natuna	Riau Islands	Viêt Nam
75	Sekatung Island		South China Sea	Natuna Islands	Riau Islands	Vietnam
76	Sekel Island		Indian Ocean	Trenggalek	East Java	Australia
77	Selaru Island		Timor Sea	Western Southeast Maluku	Maluku	Australia
78	Semiun Island		South China Sea	Natuna	Riau Islands	Malaysia
79	Sentut Island		Singapore Strait	Bintan	Riau Islands	Malaysia
80	Senua Island		South China Sea	Natuna Islands	Riau Islands	Malaysia
85	Sophia Louisa Island		Indian Ocean	Lombok Barat	Petites îles de la Sonde occidentales	Australia
86	Subi Kecil Island		South China Sea	Natuna	Riau Islands	Malaysia
87	Tokong Belayar Island		South China Sea	Anambas	Riau Islands	Malaysia
88	Tokong Malang Biru Island		South China Sea	Anambas	Riau Islands	Malaysia
89	Tokong Nanas Island		South China Sea	Anambas	Riau Islands	Malaysia
90	Tokongboro Island		South China Sea	Anambas Islands	Riau Islands	Malaysia
91	Wetar Island		Banda Sea	West Southeast Maluku	Maluku	East Timor

Statistics

Bordering countries

Indonesia's outlying islands share borders with the following 9 countries:

Country	Islands
Australia	23
East Timor	10
India	2
Malaysia	22
Palau	7
Papua-New Guinea	1
Philippines	11
Singapore	4
Vietnam	2

Provinces

These outlying islands are located in one of the following 18 provinces:

Province	Islands
Aceh	6
Banten	1
Bengkulu	2
Riau Islands	20
Central Java	1
East Java	3
West Java	1
East Kalimantan	4
North Maluku	1
Maluku	18
West Lesser Sunda Islands	1
East Nusa Tenggara	5
Papua	6
West Papua	3
Central Sulawesi	3
North Sulawesi	11
North Sumatra	3

Potential disputes

According to Indonesia, amongst these outlying islands, 12 might be claimed by another nation:

Island	Locality	Description	Size
Rondo	Sabang, Aceh Province	Uninhabited except by a lighthouse keeper, located north of Weh Island at , bordering India at one of the entrances to the Malacca Straits.
Sekatung	Natuna Islands, Riau Islands Province	Uninhabited, located at , bordering Vietnam, used as stopover point by Indonesian and foreign fishermen.	0.3 km²
Nipa	Batam, Riau Islands	Uninhabited, bordering Singapore, consists for 80% of dead coral and for 20% of sand which is mainly exported to Singapore.	60 ha
Berhala	Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatra	Situated in the Malacca Straits, bordering Malaysia	2.5 km²
Marore	Sangihe Islands Regency, North Sulawesi	Bordering the Philippines	214 ha
Miangas	Talaud Islands Regency, North Sulawesi	Bordering the Philippines. Situated at , 145 nautical miles from the island of Nanusa, and only 48 miles from the Philippines; 678 inhabitants (2003) speaking the Talaud language. The island's currency is the Philippine peso. The Dutch East India Company took control of the island in 1677. In 1891, the Philippines had incorporated Miangas in their territory but accepted the verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in favour of Indonesia.	3.15 km²
Marampit	Talaud Islands Regency, North Sulawesi	Situated at , bordering the Philippines, 1,436 inhabitants	12 km²
Batek	Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara	Called Fatu Sinai by East Timor, bordering the Oecusse District of East Timor. Turtle breeding ground and located on the migratory routes of dolphins	c. 25 ha
Dana	Rote Ndao Regency, East Nusa Tenggara	Situated south of Rote Island at , bordering Australia, uninhabited.
Fani	Raja Ampat Regency, Papua	Bordering Palau, inhabited, situated at , 220 km and 35 hours by boat from the city of Sorong.	c. 9 km²
Fanildo	Biak Numfor Regency, Papua	One of the Mapia Islands, uninhabited, bordering Palau, situated at 280 km from Biak Numfor at	c. 0.1 km²
Bras	Biak Numfor Regency, Papua	One of the Mapia Islands, uninhabited, bordering Palau, situated at 280 km from Biak Numfor, c. 50,000 inhabitants.	c. 3.375 km²