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Sorenarwa Island

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Also known as: Pulau Sorenarwa, Yapen Island
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Indonesian:
Pulau Sorenarwa
Also called:
Yapen Island

Sorenarwa Island, island, in Cenderawasih Bay, off the northwest coast of Papua province, Indonesia. It has an area of 936 square miles (2,424 square km) and an elevated central ridge that rises to 4,907 feet (1,496 metres). The chief settlement is Serui on the central southern coast.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Virginia Gorlinski.