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Close ✕Raja Ampat
An archipelago off the north-western tip of the island of New Guinea, in the Indonesian province of Southwest Papua, at the heart of the Coral Triangle and among the richest reef locations…
-0.5, 130.5 · approximate · permanent feature; marine protected areas declared from the 2000s
Connections
- instance of Thermal refugia — Strong tidal mixing between Pacific and Indian Ocean water masses in the archipelago disrupts the stable warm surface layer that mass bleaching requires, which is the physical basis of a thermal refugium.
- part of Coral Triangle — The archipelago lies within the Coral Triangle and is among the richest reef locations recorded within it.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates