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Misool Island

2,076 km² of land in the Ceram Sea.

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Misool Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
Waigama
N 10 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

2,076km²

Area

416km

Coastline

151m

Highest point

29°C

Warmest sea

April

1,017km

To the mainland

When to go to Misool Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in April (29 °C) and coolest in August (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia

Misool Island is an island in Indonesia. It belongs to Raja Ampat Islands. It covers 2,076 km², with 416 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 151 m. The nearest mainland is 1,017 km away.

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Getting there

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Misool Island.

  • 2ferry terminalsLenmalas
  • 8named peaksGunung Pelana, Gunung Ful, Wieng and 5 more
  • 1waterfallsMalol Waterfall

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

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Misool Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Misool Island, each with its own numbers.

  • 10mountainsPeakyas

10 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Jadata
  2. Ipatlolo
  3. Mountain Ful
  4. Mountain Liem
  5. Mountain Wieng
  6. Adola
  7. Gunung Pencut
  8. Elban

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 125 m above the sea. 84 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 20 %0–50 m
  • 64 %50–200 m
  • 16 %200–500 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Misool Island2,076 km²
Long Island3,529 km²
Mallorca3,685 km²

50 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

  • Waigamano census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282828292928272728292929
Night low (°C)262626272726252526262727
Sea (°C)292929292928282828292929
Rain (mm)150160198214232274259183162130133166
Wet days262527272625242020202227
Sun h/day6.46.36.46.06.55.65.66.46.16.76.56.2
Wind (km/h)14151310121722221712912

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.6+0.9+0.6+0.3+0.3+0.5+0.7+1.0+0.9+0.8+0.6+0.6
2021+0.4+0.5+0.7+0.5+0.2+0.6+1.1+1.3+1.2+0.8+0.4+0.3
2022±0.0+0.1+0.3+0.3+0.7+1.2+1.2+1.2+1.5+1.1+0.5+0.4
2023+0.5+0.1+0.4+0.5+0.6+0.5+0.8+0.2−0.2±0.0+0.2+0.1
2024+0.2+0.3+0.7+0.7+0.7+0.5+0.9+0.7+0.9+0.9+0.8+0.5
2025+0.9+0.7+0.8+0.2+0.6+0.9+1.4+1.0+0.8+0.7+0.2+0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Fafanlap Village
Lefaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kalig reef ecosystem in Misool
Gambut Pratama · CC BY-SA 4.0
Senja Misool Selatan
Lefaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Misool-Raja Ampat
Nugroho Arif Prabowo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Salawati IslandIndonesiaIndonesia1,662 km²42 m121 km awayBatanta IslandIndonesiaIndonesia449 km²1,184 m126 km awaySeramIndonesiaIndonesia70,370 km²3,027 m178 km awayWaigeo IslandIndonesiaIndonesia3,155 km²958 m209 km awaySaparua IslandIndonesiaIndonesia160 km²71 m249 km awayAmbon IslandIndonesiaIndonesia775 km²1,225 m293 km awayObimayor IslandIndonesiaIndonesia2,472 km²817 m265 km awayBacan IslandIndonesiaIndonesia1,796 km²187 m323 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q1326456) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsPeakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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