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Explore Barias in Indonesia

Barias in the region of Papua is a town in Indonesia - some 2,045 mi or ( 3291 km ) East of Jakarta , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Barias is now 11:12 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Jayapura " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Urfu, Serumi, Penasifu, Menubepium, and Manokwari. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Urfu . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Barias ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Diving on Biak Papua

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Wreck of Catalina ex WW II Biak, West Papua, Indonesia.

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Interesting facts about this location

Frans Kaisiepo Airport

Frans Kaisiepo Airport (Indonesian: Bandara Frans Kaisiepo) is an airport in Biak, Papua, Indonesia. It is also known as Mokmer Airport. This airport is named after Frans Kaisiepo, the fourth Governor of Papua.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -1.19 136.11 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Airports in Indonesia, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - Pacific

Owi Airfield

Owi Airfield is a World War II airfield located on Pulau Owi island in the Schouten Islands, Indonesia. The airfield was initially needed under the critical measures required for an active defense of Australia as General Douglas MacArthur prepared for offensive operations against Japan. The field was one of many needed for that expansion and was ordered built by General MacArthur on 6 June, 1944.

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Located at -1.24 136.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Schouten Islands

The Indonesian Schouten Islands (Kepulauan Biak, also Biak Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea. The group consists of Biak Island, Supiori and Numfor, and numerous smaller islands, mostly covered in rain forest.

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Located at -1.00 136.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Archipelagoes of Indonesia, Australasian ecozone, Schouten Islands, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Biak

Biak is a small island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and corals. The largest population centre is at Kota Biak (Biak City) on the south coast. The rest of the island is thinly populated with small villages. Biak is part of the Biak Islands (Kepulauan Biak).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -1.00 136.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Biak, Islands of Western New Guinea, Regency capitals of Indonesia

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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.