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Pisang Island (Maluku)
Pisang Island (''Pulau Pisang'') may refer to: * Pisang Island (Maluku), one of the Banda Islands in Maluku Province, Indonesia * Pisang Island (Lampung), in Lampung Province, Indonesia * Pisang Island (Johor) Pulau Pisang is a small island in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The island, which is about 12 kilometres from the town of Pontian Kechil and 5 kilometres from Benut town, is the site of the Pulau Pisang Lighthouse, a lighthouse guiding sh ..., situated off the western coast of the Malaysian state of Johor ** Pisang Island Lighthouse {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisang Island (Maluku)
Pisang Island (''Pulau Pisang'') may refer to: * Pisang Island (Maluku), one of the Banda Islands in Maluku Province, Indonesia * Pisang Island (Lampung), in Lampung Province, Indonesia * Pisang Island (Johor) Pulau Pisang is a small island in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The island, which is about 12 kilometres from the town of Pontian Kechil and 5 kilometres from Benut town, is the site of the Pulau Pisang Lighthouse, a lighthouse guiding sh ..., situated off the western coast of the Malaysian state of Johor ** Pisang Island Lighthouse {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banda Islands
The Banda Islands ( id, Kepulauan Banda) are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about south of Seram Island and about east of Java, and constitute an administrative district (''kecamatan'') within the Central Maluku Regency in the Indonesian province of Maluku. The islands rise out of deep ocean and have a total land area of approximately . They had a population of 18,544 at the 2010 Census and 20,924 at the 2020 Census. Until the mid-19th century the Banda Islands were the world's only source of the spices nutmeg and mace, produced from the nutmeg tree. The islands are also popular destinations for scuba diving and snorkeling. The main town and administrative centre is Bandanaira, located on the island of the same name. History Pre-European history The first documented human presence in the Banda Islands comes from a rock shelter site on Pulau Ay that was in use at least 8,000 years ago. The earliest mention of the Banda Islands are fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisang Island (Lampung)
Pisang Island (''Pulau Pisang'') may refer to: * Pisang Island (Maluku), one of the Banda Islands in Maluku Province, Indonesia * Pisang Island (Lampung), in Lampung Province, Indonesia * Pisang Island (Johor) Pulau Pisang is a small island in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The island, which is about 12 kilometres from the town of Pontian Kechil and 5 kilometres from Benut town, is the site of the Pulau Pisang Lighthouse, a lighthouse guiding sh ..., situated off the western coast of the Malaysian state of Johor ** Pisang Island Lighthouse {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampung
Lampung (Lampung: ), officially the Province of Lampung ( id, Provinsi Lampung) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and a longer border with the province of South Sumatra to the north. It is the original home of the Lampung people, who speak their own language, and possess their own written script. Its capital is Bandar Lampung. The province covers a land area of 35,376 sq.km and had a population of 7,608,405 at the 2010 census, 9,007,848 at the 2020 census, and 9,081,792 according to the official estimates for mid 2021,with three-quarters of that being descendants of Javanese, Madurese, and Balinese migrants. These migrants came from more densely populated islands, in search of available land, as well as being part of the national government's Indonesian transmigration program, of which Lampung was one of the earliest and most significant transmigrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisang Island (Johor)
Pulau Pisang is a small island in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The island, which is about 12 kilometres from the town of Pontian Kechil and 5 kilometres from Benut town, is the site of the Pulau Pisang Lighthouse, a lighthouse guiding ships into the western entrance of the busy Singapore Strait. Singapore currently operates the lighthouse, and the country has publicly announced recognition that the island is Malaysian territory. In 2003, Minister for foreign affairs of Singapore, S. Jayakumar, acknowledged that sovereignty of Pulau Pisang is with Malaysia and had never disputed that sovereignty. He also maintained that the management of Pulau Pisang Lighthouse should remain with Singapore. In 2010, the government of Johor states that Pulau Pisang is part of the Johor sultanate and would be gazetted as such. See also * Action of 10 September 1782 The action of 10 September 1782 was a minor engagement between five merchant vessels — four East Indiamen of the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
