Tukangbesi Islands, is a group of islands off the coast of Sulawesi immediately east of

Buton Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. It covers roughly 4,727 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th largest island in the world and ...

island in the

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region, and part of Sulawesi Tenggara. "Tukang Besi" literally means "iron worker" or "blacksmith" in

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. There is a Tukang Besi language. Separating

and the group is the Gulf of Kolowana Watabo. Islands in the group: * Wakatobi Islands ** Northwest:

Wangiwangi Island Wangi-wangi Island is in the north-west cluster of the Tukangbesi Islands, and is the seat of the Wakatobi Regency, part of the province of Southeast Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Tenggara) is a province on the island of Sulawesi ...

, Kambode, Kampenane, Timor ** North Central: Kaledupa, Hoga, Linea Island, ** South Central: Tomea, Talondano, Lineta, Binongko * Eastern outliers: Moromaho, Cowocowo, Kentiole, Runduma, Anano * Western

atoll An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...

s. Karang Kapota, Karang Kaledupa * Eastern atolls: Karang Koromaha, Karang Kadupa * Langkesi islands (''Kepulauan Langkesi'') so the northeast. The town of Papalia is on Binongko.

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