Nias Island (Indonesia)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ניאס (אי) (אינדונזיה)
Name (Latin)
Nias Island (Indonesia)
Other forms of name
Eiland Nias (Indonesia)
Pulau Nias (Indonesia)
Coordinates
97.6181 97.6181 1.1215 1.1215 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Indonesia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q505707
Library of congress: sh 85091708
Sources of Information
  • GEOnet, Mar. 28, 2005(Nias, Pulau, isl, 01⁰05ʹ00ʺN 097⁰35ʹ00ʺE, Sumatera Utara, variants: Nias Island, Nias, Eiland)

Wikipedia description:

Nias ( NEE-əss; Indonesian: Pulau Nias [puˈlau ˈnias], Nias: Tanö Niha [ˈtanə ˈniha]) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago (Kepulauan Nias) of which the island is the centre, but also includes the Batu Islands to the southeast and the small Hinako Islands to the west.

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