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Morotai Island

2,279 km² rising to 591 m out of the Molucca Sea.

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Morotai Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
Daruba
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

2,279km²

Area

260km

Coastline

591m

Highest point

54,876

People

30°C

Warmest sea

May

1,538km

To the mainland

When to go to Morotai Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in May (30 °C) and coolest in February (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 Morotai Island Regency, North Maluku Province, Indonesia

Morotai Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 2,279 km², with 260 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 591 m. About 54,876 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,538 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 Morotai Island.

  • 81beachesPantai Nisio, Tanjung Kahona, Tanjung Gorango and 78 more
  • 1lighthousesMenara Suar Tanjung Sopi
  • 6ferry terminalsDaruba Ferry Terminal, Daruba, Wayabula and 3 more
  • 6named peaksSabatai, Buku Pangeo, Gunung Taumadota and 3 more
  • 8waterfalls
  • 1ruins and archaeological sitesAir Kaca
  • 1dive centresGorango Mororai
  • 5hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 13restaurants, cafés and bars

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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Morotai Island in our other atlases

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

  • 9mountainsPeakyas

9 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Gunung Sabatai
  2. Pegunungan Wayabula
  3. Mountain Taumadota
  4. Gunung Sisigi
  5. Pegunungan Sabatai
  6. Buku Pangeo
  7. Gunung Dowora
  8. Pegunungan Ciu

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 282 m above the sea. 44 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 16 %0–50 m
  • 28 %50–200 m
  • 38 %200–500 m
  • 17 %500–1,000 m
  • <1 %1,000–2,000 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.

Morotai Island2,279 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

  • Daruba23,566 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282828282828282828292828
Night low (°C)262626272727272727272727
Sea (°C)282829293029292929292929
Rain (mm)187164177146202209181132109126161181
Wet days242122222526242018212425
Sun h/day6.06.46.87.57.16.26.57.17.57.36.86.3
Wind (km/h)161816121213161814131214

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+0.5+0.5+0.5+0.4+0.6+0.6+0.8+0.7+0.8+0.9+0.8+0.7
2021+1.2+1.2+0.9+0.6+0.3+0.3+0.4+0.9+0.9+0.8+0.8+0.4
2022+0.6+0.6+0.7+0.3+0.2+0.6+0.5+0.7+0.9+0.5+0.6+0.5
2023+0.6+0.6+0.9+0.6+0.4+0.4+0.4+0.5+0.2+0.1+0.5+0.6
2024+0.8+0.2±0.0+0.3+0.7+0.6+0.7+0.7+0.6+0.7+0.9+0.7
2025+1.1+1.0+1.1+0.5+0.5+0.1+0.4+0.6+0.5+0.7+0.4+0.5

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Halmahera IslandIndonesiaIndonesia17,780 km²1,635 m193 km awayTernate IslandIndonesiaIndonesia102 km²1,715 m209 km awayTidore IslandIndonesiaIndonesia117 km²408 m216 km awayBacan IslandIndonesiaIndonesia1,796 km²187 m341 km awaySangihe IslandIndonesiaIndonesia552 km²1,320 m352 km awaySiau IslandIndonesiaIndonesia115 km²1,827 m346 km awayWaigeo IslandIndonesiaIndonesia3,155 km²958 m391 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q19146) · 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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