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The Banyak Islands are a group of mostly uninhabited islands located between Simeulue and Nias off the western coast of Sumatra in the Aceh Province, Indonesia containing 99 small islands. Sumatra; Simeulue is near the left edge in the upper half Simeulue is an island in the Indian Ocean, 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra. ...
Nias (Indonesian: Pulau Nias, Nias language: Tanö Niha) is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
For other uses, see Sumatra (disambiguation). ...
Aceh (IPA pronunciation: , pronounced approximately Ah-Cèh, but with [e], not [ei] at the end) is a special territory (daerah istimewa) of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. ...
The largest island in the group is Tuangku (Great Banyak), with the main town being Alaban. Two other major islands located either side of Tuangku are Bangkura and Bago. Tuangku is separated from Bangkaru by a fault line. Tuangku (also known as Great Banyak) is the main and largest island in the Banyak Islands group in Indonesia. ...
Alaban is the largest city on the island of Tuangku. ...
Bago is a division of Burma. ...
With an area of 123 square miles (319 square km), the group lies north of Nias and 18 miles (29 km) west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. The island group has a population of 6,050. Most of the islands are uninhabited. Only Tuangku, Bangkura and Bago has any significant population.
The island group was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and following tsunami with the death. The epicentre was located a few hundred kilometres north of the group and were badly affected by the tsunami. Along with Simeulue and Nias, it absorbed the shockwaves and shielded a lot of damage from the Mentawai Islands. The eastern islands were affected the most due to the poor construction of buildings; timber instead of concrete. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,[1] was a great undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004 with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
The Mentawai Islands are a chain of islands off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. ...
The 2005 Sumatra earthquake was located slightly east of Bangkaru which was the closest island to the epicentre. The island was hit by a small tsunami, however, suffered little damage due to the small amount of inhabitants on the island. There were no casualties or injuries. Due to the split between Tuangku and Bangkaru, the earthquake caused Bangkaru to rise and Tuangku to drop. Wells became contaminated by saltwater following a one metre high surge which hit the villages. The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on 28 March 2005, (a full moon) located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
The area is popular among tourists on surfing holidays with some of the better waves being witnessed at Bangkaru due to the larger fetch. Other forms of industry on the island include fishing. For other uses, see Surfing (disambiguation). ...
Fetch is a term for the length of water over which a given wind has blown. ...
Fishermen in the harbor of Kochi, India. ...
See also Indonesia is an archipelago made of 18,108 islands, according to satellite images. ...
External links - Banyak Islands website
- Coastal change to islands
- US Aid
- World Health Organization
- Wavescape
- Hundreds of quake victims on Banyak Islands - Asia News.it (30 March, 2005)
- Relief Web
Coordinates: 2°10′N, 97°15′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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