Tokongmalangbiru Island – The Outer of Indonesian Archipelago

June 4th, 2010 molitva leyli

Tokongmalangbiru Island – Group of Ananbas Island, Indonesia

Tokongmalangbiru island located in the Natuna Sea waters, exactly in the Group of Anambas Islands and direct border with Malaysia. The island is shaped boulders on which there is a lighthouse. Amid this stone there is an inscription indicating the island including the outer islands of Indonesia.

Pulau Tokongmalangbiru, part of constellation Anambas Island, the outer of Indonesian Archipelago, picture : J. E. Matheson

Administratively, the island Tokongmalangbiru Kiabu included in the Village area, District Siantan, Natuna regency, Riau Islands Province. The island is uninhabited because it is not feasible to be occupied.

Geographically, Tokongmalangbiru Island is located at coordinates 020 18 ’00 “N and 1050 35′ 47″ longitude. In this island there is No Basis Point. TD No. 022 and the Reference Point. TR 022.

Tokongmalangbiru Island can be accessed through the trip from Batam to Palmatak (Matak island’s capital) using pertintis plane, followed by speed boat to hire Letung (the capital island of skull). From Letung trip followed by hiring a medium-sized motor boat to the island Tokongmalangbiru which took seven hours of travel time.

Tokongmalangbiru island shaped like two hills are steep and overgrown rock pioneer plants. The island is quite steep shore up downward deep seas. Clift  steep beaches that edge the island on the coast deep enough depth that reaches 5 feet and slightly to the outside of the island waters reached a depth of 20 meters.

For the conditions in the island waters Tokongmalangbiru average value of each parameter is the temperature of 290 C, pH 7-8, salinity 32% 0, DO 7.6 mg / l, BOD 3.2 mg / l, ammonia 0.017 mg / I , nitrate 0.05 mg / l, nitrite 0.017 mg / I and sulphide <0.01 mg / I. Tokonmalangbiru environmental conditions on the island is still quite good because there is not much human intervention that utilizes the island.

Potential Natural Resources of Tokongmalangbiru Island

Coral Reefs in Tokongmalangbiru Island

Tokongmalangbiru Island waters have a depth of about 6-7 feet with clear water conditions with a rocky bottom waters (reeflat). Condition of coral reefs in Pulau Tokongmalangbiru still good with percentages around 70% coral coverage. The types of coral found in waters of this island are of the genus Acrophora, Pocillophora, Leptoria, Favites, Favia, Porites, Millephora (fire corals), Montiphora, Platygyra, Heliophora (blue coral), Psammophora, Goniastrea and Hydnophora, with coral species The most dominant was the genus Porites and Montiphora. While Life is the dominant coral form massive coral.

Fishery in Tokongmalangbiru Island

Tokongmalangbiru waters around the island is rich in fishery resources. The types of fish found in these waters, among others Aconthurus lineatus, Pomacanthus sp., Gymnothorax javanicus, Caesio teres, Caesio cuning, Ctenocaetus striatus and Amphiprion sp. Many fishing boats of local fishermen and fishermen both Thailand and Malaysia are doing illegal fishing in the waters around this island at the time of the season are not undulating. Types of fish caught by fishermen is the fish – reef fish.

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