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2002 Pelni
schedules
Please see the domain Pelni.com for the complete
2002 schedules of the national Indonesian shipping line Pelni.
Pelni connects all major Indonesian islands with mostly
German-made passenger ships. Please click here to proceed to Pelni.com.
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Indonesia
/ Geography
Indonesia,
the largest archipelago in the world, stretching 3,200 miles (5.120
kin) from east to west, it straddles the equator between the Australian
and Asian Continents.
The name
Indonesia came from two Greek words: "Indos" meaning Indian and
"Nesos" meaning islands. This is an excellent description of the
archipelago, as there are an estimated 17,508 islands, some nothing
more than tiny outcroppings of barren rock, others as big as California
or Spain and covered in dense tropical jungle. Approximately 6,000
of these islands are inhabited, with five main islands and 30
smaller archipelagos serving as home to the majority of the population.
The main islands Sumatra (473,606 sq. km), Kalimantan (539,460
sq. km), Sulawesi (189,216 sq. km), Irian Jaya (421,981 sq. km),
and Java (132,187 sq. km).
The islands
and people of Indonesia constitute the fourth most populated nation
in the world, with about 190 million people. A democratic republic,
Indonesia is divided into 27 provinces and special territories.
These are classified geographically into four groups: The Greater
Sundas, (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and Sulawesi) The Lesser
Sundas, (the smaller islands from Bali eastward to Timor)
Maluku, (all the islands between Irian Jaya and Sulawesi)
and Irian Jaya in the extreme eastern part of the country.
This page: http://www.cockatoo.com/indonesia/e-01land/ei-lan10.htm
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