Native name: Pulau Yu | |
|---|---|
Location near Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 0°02′18″S 129°36′38″E / 0.038271°S 129.610620°E / -0.038271; 129.610620 |
| Archipelago | Maluku Islands |
| Area | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Province | North Maluku |
| Demographics | |
| Languages | Gebe and Indonesian |
| Ethnic groups | Gebe people |
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Yu Island (Indonesian: Pulau Yu) is an inhabited island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.[1] It is located in the province of North Maluku, in the eastern part of Indonesia, 2,700 km east of Jakarta the capital of the country. Its area is 3.2 square kilometers.
The terrain on Yu Island is mostly flat.[a] The highest point on the island is 34 meters above sea level. It is 2.3 km long from north to south and 2.1 km from east to west.[b]
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The climate is subtropical. The average temperature is 23°C. The warmest month is October, at 25°C, and the coldest month is January, at 22°C.[3] The average rainfall is 2,604 millimeters per year. The wettest month is August, with 374 millimeters of rainfall, and the driest month is October, with 80 millimeters of rainfall.[4]
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Notes
- ^ Calculated from elevation data (3" DEM) from Viewfinder Panoramas.[2] The full algorithm is available here.
- ^ Calculated from elevation data (3" DEM) from Viewfinder Panoramas.[2] The full algorithm is available here.
Footnotes
- ^ Yu Island at GeoNames.Org (cc-by); post updated 2014-01-09; database download at 2015-11-27
- ^ a b "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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