Tanahbesar (or Wokam) is one of the four main islands in the
Aru Islands Regency in the
Arafura Sea
The Arafura Sea (or Arafuru Sea) lies west of the Pacific Ocean, overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Western New Guinea (also called Papua), which is the Indonesian part of the Island of New Guinea.
Geography
The Arafura S ...
. Its area is 1604 km².
It is situated in the
Maluku Province
Maluku is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the central and southern regions of the Maluku Islands. The main city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon on the small Ambon Island. The land area is 62,946 km2, and the total population ...
, Indonesia.
The other main islands in the archipelago are
Kobroor,
Kola,
Maikoor,
Koba and
Trangan.
References
Aru Islands
Islands of the Maluku Islands
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