This island is part of the Thousand Islands located near

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

, Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia: Pulau ini merupakan bagian dari Kepulauan Seribu yang terletak di dekat

, Indonesia) Laki Island (, "Man-eater Island"; , "Male Island") is an island located in the Thousand Islands administrative regency of

, Indonesia. The island gained international attention on January 9, 2021 when

Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jakarta to Pontianak, Indonesia. Five minutes after departing from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport on 9 January 2021, the Boeing 737-500 experienced an upset and cr ...

crashed into the

Java Sea The Java Sea ( id, Laut Jawa, jv, Segara Jawa) is an extensive shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf, between the Indonesian islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south, Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi to the east. Karimata Strait to its nort ...

near the island. The island is located north of

Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

being part of the Thousand Islands.

References

External links

Thousand Islands official website
Coordinates on Wikidata Thousand Islands Regency Islands of the Java Sea {{Jakarta-geo-stub