Waigeo

Areas of limestone and ultramafic rocks support high concentrations of unique plants near Sorong and on Waigeo and Misool islands.

Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests 2008

This ecoregion is made up of the lowland and hill (less than 1,000 meters) moist forests of the Vogelkop and Bomberai peninsulas and the surrounding islands, including Misool, Salawati, Waigeo, and Kepulauan Aru in western Irian Jaya.

Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests 2008

The surface geology of this ecoregion is composed predominantly of sedimentary rock and recent alluvium, with some large areas of limestone or ultramafics near Sorong and on Waigeo and Misool islands.

Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests 2008

"Located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, a fast archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo.

TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009