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Line 1: {{Short description\|Island group in Indonesia}} {{Refimprove\|date=February 2009}}▼ {{other uses\|Badas (disambiguation){{!}}Badas}} '''Badas Islands''' is a group of islands in the [[Tudjuh Archipelago]] in the [[South China Sea]] between the [[Malayasia]]n mainland to the west and the [[Borneo\|island of Borneo]] to the east. Administratively it is part of the [[Riau Islands\|Riau Islands province]] of [[Indonesia]]. ▼ ▲{{~~Refimprove~~More citations needed\|date=February 2009}} ▲'''Badas Islands''' is a group of islands in the [[Tudjuh Archipelago]] in the [[South China Sea]] between the [[~~Malayasia~~Malaysia]]n mainland to the west and the [[Borneo\|island of Borneo]] to the east. Administratively it is part of [[Bintan Regency]] within the [[Riau Islands\|Riau Islands province]] of [[Indonesia]]. under island district/''kecamatan'' of Tambelan. The Badas Islands are located between 0°30'N and 0°39'N latitude, and between 106°58'E and 107°12'E longitude. They are 56  km southwest of the [[Tambelan archipelago]] (of which district they are administratively part), and lie outside the usual shipping lanes. The southwesternmost island of the group is [[:ceb:Anakawur\|Anakawur]] Island (Pulau Anakawur) ({{coord\|0~~°33'N~~., 552837\|106~~°59'E~~.977478}}) which rises to 94 m and has a sandy beach on its southwestern side, but otherwise has a rugged coastline. [[:ceb:Pulau Pejamu\|Pejamu Island]] (Pulau Pejamu) ({{coord\|0.514726\|107.150443}}) which lies 17  km ~~eastsoutheast~~east-southeast of Anakawur, is densely forested and rises to 42 m. There is a sandy beach on its east side. ~~Kepahlang~~Kepahiang Island (Pulau Kepahiang) ({{coord\|0~~°38'N~~., 649271\|107~~°01'E~~.015564}}) is the largest and northernmost island of the group. It rises to 252 m and the northern and eastern sides are fringed by a drying reef. There is a small bay on the northeast side of the island above which is the largest settlement on the island. ==See also== {{portal\|Islands}} * [[Anambas Islands]] * [[Natuna Islands]] Line 13 ⟶ 16: ==Further reading== * National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (2005) [http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub163/163sec01.pdf "Borneo: Northwest Coast and Kepulauan Tudjuh"] ''Sailing directions (enroute): Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara'' United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ~~{{coord missing\|Indonesia}}~~ * [http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/tpc/txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566_l-10c.jpg Map including the Badas Islands] ~~[[Category:Riau]]~~ {{South China Sea}} {{IslandsofRiauIslands}} [[Category:Tudjuh Archipelago]] [[Category:Uninhabited islands of Indonesia]]