Size: approx. 340 km (210 mi) long and 60 km (40 mi) wide
Highest point: Mt. Binaiyi, 3,019 m (9,905 ft)
Seram is traversed by a central mountain range. The interior has dense rain forests and is largely unexplored. Copra, resin, sago, and fish are important products. Oil is exploited in the northeast near Bula.
Seram (formerly Ceram, also called Seran or Serang) is an island in the Maluku province of Indonesia.
Seram is traversed by a central mountain range, the highest point of which is covered with dense rain forests.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Seram was generally within the sphere of influence of Ternate, although it was often ruled more directly by the Ternaten vassal state of Buru.
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