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Wetar Island (Indonesia)

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Geographic headingWetar Island (Indonesia)
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Geographic subdivision usageIndonesia--Wetar Island
Variant(s)Eiland Wetar (Indonesia)
Pulau Wetar (Indonesia)
Wetta Island (Indonesia)
Wetter Island (Indonesia)
See alsoIslands--Indonesia
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South West Islands (Indonesia)
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Found inWork cat.: de Josselin de Jong, J.P.B. The community of Erai, Wetar, 1947.
Lippincott ("Wetar Island (1,400 sq mi/3,626 sq km), S. Maluku prov., Indonesia, in Banda Sea, 35 mi/56 km N of NE coast of Timor across Wetar Strait ...")
Web. geog. ("Wetar, also Wetter, Island, Indonesia, 30 m. N of E East Timor ...")
GEOnet, June 19, 2002 (Wetar, Pulau, isl. 07°48ʹ00ʺS 126°18ʹ00ʺE, variants: Wetta; Wetar, Eiland)
GeoNames [algorithmically matched] (island; 07°48ʹ00ʺS 126°18ʹ00ʺE)
Jong, J.D.d. Geological investigations in west Wetar, Lirang and Solor (eastern Lesser Soenda Islands), 1941: p. 3 (island of Wetar belongs to the eastern part of the northern row of Lesser Soenda Islands; immediately west of Wetar lie the small islands of Lirang and Redjong)
Wikipedia, Apr. 23, 2019 (The Barat Daya Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Barat Daya) are a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia; located off the eastern end of East Timor. Wetar is the largest island in the group; geographically part of the Lesser Sunda Islands)
The nine major Lesser Sunda Islands, via worldatlas.com, Apr. 23, 2019 (2. Barat Daya Islands. Part of the Indonesian province of Maluku, the Barat Daya Islands include the Damar, Liran, Wetar, Romang, and Kisar islands. Wetar is the largest island in this island group)
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