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which is an area on Biak Island just across the bridge from Supiori. However the logging industry may return, while birds are vulnerable to collectors and just because they have such a limited range of habitat on these small islands. The area needs more study.
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Much of the forest has been cut down for logging or to clear land for planting especially on Biak Island, which is the most populous in the area, although logging has slowed. There are two protected areas, which are close to each other:
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The archipelago was first mapped in the Portuguese charts of Gaspar Viegas (c. 1537), an anonymous map of 1540, and on the maps of João de Lisboa and of Bartolomeu Velho (c. 1560), and by other Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch maps.
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As well as the birds, there are a number of endemic mammals, although there are only 29 mammal species on the islands. The endemics include:
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of any single area in the New Guinea region. The forest consists of similar types of trees to that on mainland New Guinea.
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had tributary ties with the islands. Seafarers from the region used to regularly pay homage to the sultan.
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From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities
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The image of the Archipelago in Portuguese cartography of the 16th and early 17th centuries
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This article is about the island group in Indonesia. For other islands with same name, see
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The Biak Islands are among the most densely populated parts of Papua province.
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The islands also have a number of endemic butterflies and one endemic spider
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The first recorded sighting by Europeans of the Schouten Islands was by the
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Biak-Numfor Birding, Geelvink Islands Bird-watching, Geelvink Endemic Birds
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There are over 100 bird species on the islands, of which 11 to 16 are
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The Schouten Islands were eventually named after Dutch explorer
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Bindusi, East Biak, Biak Numfor Regency, Papua, Indonesia
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Biak and Supiori Islands with minor islands and towns
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Index

Schoutens
Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea)
Schouten (disambiguation)



Indonesian
island
Papua
Indonesia
Cenderawasih Bay
New Guinea
Biak
Supiori
Numfor
rain forest
Portuguese
Jorge de Menezes
Malacca
Maluku
Biak

Supiori
Spanish navigator
Álvaro de Saavedra
Yapen
Tidore
New Spain
Íñigo Órtiz de Retes
galleon

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