Incomplete when visiting the islands of Raja Ampat district,
but skip the Kawe island. The long journey to Waisai, capital of Raja Ampat,
through Sorong, West Papua, offers many attractions.
In addition to the exotic views of the beach and coral
reefs, marine life plus, Raja Ampat has a relatively new recreational sites.
Namely the equator monument was inaugurated May 19, 2014.
Kawe island location quite far away, left about three hours
drive from the port Waisai with a speed of 20-30 km / h. If departing from the
port of Sorong, more than 2 hours. The only mode of transportation, using a
speedboat across the strait Bougenville. There is no dock for the ship docked.
Beach with clean white sand and surrounded by karst
(cliffs), which resemble puppets (wayang), recommended the central government, to
UNESCO, as a world heritage site.
Tracks equator in Kawe Island became the first place in
Indonesia that is passed sunrise. After the sun shining on zero latitude
central region of Indonesia to continue west. Indonesian society has been more
familiar with that the equator is only in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. It refers
to the equator monument built by the Dutch in 1928. But now, on the island of
Kawe, Raja Ampat, West Papua, there is also a monument equator.
After the establishment of the monument as high as 5 meters
whitewashed the equator point on the island of Kawe began drawing attention as
a new leisure destination. For the people of this maritime district, founding
marker imaginary line that divides the earth splitting up, the northern
hemisphere and the southern hemisphere, into a new pride. Even if the place is
somewhat hidden in the center of the island is covered with green vegetation.
Monument obelisk equator in Kawe into the community spirit Raja Ampat, to
achieve world-class tourist destination.
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