Schouten Islands

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The Schouten Islands are a group of islands off the northern coast of Papua (Indonesia), known for their indigenous communities and distinct Papuan languages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Schouten Islands canonical 5
Schouten Islands region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
administrativeCenterOn Biak
linked to: Biak Island
climate tropical rainforest climate
colonialHistoryWith Netherlands
country Indonesia
hasAirportOn Biak
linked to: Biak Island
hasCulturalRegion Biak-Numfor cultural area
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale agriculture
tourism
hasEcosystem coral reef ecosystems
mangrove forests
tropical rainforest
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Biak-Numfor people
linked to: Biak people
hasIndigenousPeople Biak people
Numfor people
linked to: Numfor language
hasLanguage Biak language
Numfor language
Schouten languages
hasLanguageFamily Papuan languages
hasLargestIsland Biak
linked to: Biak Island
hasMajorIsland Biak
linked to: Biak Island

Numfor
Padaido Islands
Rani Islands
Supiori
hasReligion Christianity
indigenous belief systems
hasTransportHubOn Biak
linked to: Biak Island
historicalRegionOf Dutch New Guinea
knownFor coral reefs
distinct Papuan languages
indigenous communities
marine biodiversity
locatedIn Indonesian time zone Eastern Indonesia Time
Melanesia
Papua Province
Southwest Pacific Ocean
Western New Guinea
linked to: western New Guinea
locatedInWaterBody Pacific Ocean
namedAfter Willem Schouten
offCoastOf northern coast of Papua
partOf Biak Numfor Regency
Indonesia
Indonesian archipelago
strategicLocation near northern coast of New Guinea

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Schouten languages region Schouten Islands
Papuan Islands hasSubregion Schouten Islands
Biak people nativeTo Schouten Islands
northern coast of New Guinea adjacentTo Schouten Islands
Battle of Biak location Schouten Islands
Yapen languages spokenIn Schouten Islands region
linked to: Schouten Islands