IndonesiaAlor ArchipelagoIsland

Pantar Island

733 km² rising to 862 m out of the Savu Sea.

When to go

KabirBaranusa

N 5 km

Ferry portsPeaksVolcanoesAirports

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

In numbers

733km²

Area

209km

Coastline

862m

Highest point

Mount Sirung

30,000

People

30°C

Warmest sea

November

621km

To the mainland

When to go to Pantar Island

Best for the beach from May to September.

The sea is warmest in November (30 °C) and coolest in August (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

29°28°27°

Jan23

29°28°27°

Feb21

29°28°27°

Mar18

29°29°27°

Apr10

29°29°26°

May6

28°29°26°

Jun3

27°29°25°

Jul2

27°29°25°

Aug1

28°31°26°

Sep1

29°31°27°

Oct4

30°31°28°

Nov11

30°29°27°

Dec21

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 Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia

Pantar Island is an island in Indonesia. It belongs to Alor Archipelago. It covers 733 km², with 209 km of coastline. Its highest point, Mount Sirung, rises to 862 m. About 30,000 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 621 km away.

Getting there

Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport (OEC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 89 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesLarantuka-Waiwerang-Lewoleba, Baranusa - Balauring, Kalabahi - Baranusa, Kalabahi - Bakalang
621 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From May to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Pantar Island.

2ferry terminalsBaranusa ferry port, Bakalang ferry port
33named peaksKuku Taupekki, Kukka Boyali, Woto Tuntuli and 30 more
1volcanoesMount Sirung
1hotels, guesthouses and apartments

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

Cross-checked with our atlases

Pantar Island in our other atlases

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

1beachCoastya
34mountainsPeakyas

Highest point
862m
Mount Sirung
prominence 862 m · according to Peakyas
Beach with the warmest sea
29.9°C
Pantai Somed
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Pantai Somed29.9°C

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34 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Mount Sirungprominence 862 m862m
Dola Wili
Kukka Wasbillah
Woto Tuntuli
Kukka Delaaki
Woto Adnatang
Woto Lalanggasang
Kukka Wasbila

26 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 264 m above the sea. 46 % of it is below 200 m.

13 %0–50 m
34 %50–200 m
39 %200–500 m
14 %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.

Pantar Island733 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

Tenerife2,038 km²

50 km

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

Towns on the island

Kabirno census figure
Baranusano census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	31	31	31	29
Night low (°C)	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	26	27	28	27
Sea (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	28	29	30	30
Rain (mm)	284	246	147	65	41	28	10	5	7	20	60	199
Wet days	23	21	18	10	6	3	2	1	1	4	11	21
Sun h/day	6.3	6.8	7.5	8.7	8.6	8.5	9.0	9.8	10.1	9.8	9.2	7.1
Wind (km/h)	14	14	11	10	13	15	15	13	10	8	8	11

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.3	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	−0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.6	+0.9	+0.6
2021	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	−0.4	±0.0	+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2
2022	−0.4	−0.1	+0.2	+0.5	+1.0	+1.0	+1.0	+0.8	+1.2	+1.0	+0.3	+0.1
2023	−0.1	−0.4	+0.1	±0.0	+0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+0.4	±0.0	±0.0	+0.3	+0.2
2024	+0.3	+0.3	±0.0	+0.5	+0.8	+0.5	+0.9	+0.7	+0.6	+0.8	+0.8	−0.3
2025	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.8	+0.5	+0.6	+0.6	−0.1	−0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q974980) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST