Wakatobi Island The Most Beautifull Sea Views
May 11, 2009
Wakatobi island are one of the most popular island in Indonesia, exactly at North Sulawesi. North Sulawesi is world famous for its muck / Critter dives but the outer reefs are adorned with Colorful soft corals. Wakatobi is the abbreviation of Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia, and Binongko, the four largest island in the Wakatobi Regency. Wakatobi Islands area of 306,680 ha as a conservation area, set the sea since 30 July 1996. Wakatobi Regency is located in the southeastern island of Buton and divided into 4 districts namely Wangi Wangi (with the capital district in Wanci), Kaledupa (capital in Ambeua), Tomia (Waha), and Binongko (Rukuwa). Islands that were previously called Iron Wind this around a 100,000 people. Wakatobi Island is situated in the eastern end of the Indonesian Archipelago off Sulawesi and is now part of the Air National Marine Park Metal. Just 6 ° south of the Equator this area benefits from the great diversity of the Banda Sea where over 3.000 species of fish have been classified to date. The island is exceptionally remote and still only a few of the inhabitants have today’s Convenience of electricity, this really is a tropical paradise of Lush Rainforest, swaying palm trees and golden Sands far from the reality of civilization. Read more
Travel To Maldives Island
May 1, 2009
Celebrate your tropical holiday in an island are the right choice that you should doing to spend your time. Maldive island maybe the best places that you should choice here. Maldive islands, located just south of Lakshadweep Islands (7 ° 06′N to 00 ° 45 ‘S latitude and 72 ° 13′E to 73 ° 45′ longitude) about 480 km south west of Cape Comorin, India and 650 km south west of Sri Lanka (Fig. 1). It comprises of 26 natural atolls and some 1190 islands. The total length of the chain is 648 km north to south and 130 km east to west forming a double chain in the center.
Physical setting of the Maldivian atolls of different structures with many islands, faros (ring-shaped reefs) and the patch Knolls Atoll in the lagoon and around the circle almost closed structure with several lagoons, Knolls and patches. Faros are ring shaped reefs emerging during tidal low water each with their own sandy lagoon and are separated by deep channels. They generally have a rim of living coral consisting of branched and massive types. Patches rise to 40 meters above the lagoon floor and are topped by robust wave-breaking corals, knolls do not reach the surface and often support profuse coral growth, as do the reefs associated with many of the islands. Read more