Soop, also known as Sop or Tsiof, is an island in
Southwest Papua
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province of Indonesia, located in the north of
Sele Strait
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, and off the northwestern coast of the
Bird's Head Peninsula
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. It lies at a distance of about west of the city of
Sorong
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on the mainland, west of the island of
Doom
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, northwest of the uninhabited island of Nana, north-east of the island of Yefman, and south of the island of
Raam.
Soop is long and up to wide, with an area of .
There is a settlement covering the north and east coasts of the island. It has a population of 1,378 (according to the official estimate for mid 2021) and constitutes a ''
kelurahan
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'' within the district of
Sorong Islands
Sorong is the largest city and the capital of the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. The city is located on the western tip of the island of New Guinea with its only land borders being with Sorong Regency. It is the gateway to Indonesia's ...
within the City of
Sorong
Sorong is the largest city and the capital of the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua. The city is located on the western tip of the island of New Guinea with its only land borders being with Sorong Regency. It is the gateway to Indonesia's ...
. Outside the settlement, and apart from a small mangrove patch in the southeast, the island is covered by shrub and savannah-type vegetation. Its highest point is at an elevation of .
Bibliography
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* Penutupan Lahan 2011 (available a
WebGIS Kehutanan, a land cover dataset
*{{Cite book, title = Sailing directions (enroute) : New Guinea, year = 2018, publisher = National Geospatial-intelligence Agency, url = https://msi.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/SD/Pub164/Pub164bk.pdf, pages = 112–13
Sorong
Islands of Western New Guinea