Sempu is an island located 800 meters from the southern coast of the province of
East Java
East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...
in
Indonesia
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, about 70 km south of the city of
Malang. The island comprises the administrative village of Tambakrejo within Sumbermanjing District of
Malang Regency
The Malang Regency is a regency in East Java, Indonesia. Malang Regency is the second largest regency in East Java after Banyuwangi Regency, with a total area of 3,530.65 km2. Malang is rich in potential for agriculture, medicinal plants an ...
, with a population at the 2020 Census of 7,193. It is 3.9 km long and 3.6 km wide, and covers a land area of 8.77 km
2. Its topography is largely rolling hills whose altitude ranges from 50 to 100 meters above sea level.
The coastline consists mainly of limestone cliffs characteristics of the façade of the island of
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...
in the
Indian Ocean
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Sempu is accessed from the village of Sendang Biru, the most important fishing port on the south coast of Java.
References
Islands of East Java
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