Yapen Island

Yapen Island

Indonesian  Pulau Yapen , Dutch  Jappen Eilanden 

      island, in Sarera Bay off the northern coast of Irian Jaya provinci (province), Indonesia. Its area of 936 square miles (2,424 square km) has an elevated central ridge that rises to 4,907 feet (1,496 metres). The chief settlement is Serui on the central southern coast.

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