Raam (Southwest Papua)

Raam

Ram, Buaya
Raam is in the north of the group of islands off Sorong.
Location in Southwest Papua Show map of Southwest Papua Location in Western New Guinea Show map of Raja Ampat Islands
Geography
Coordinates	0°50′17″S 131°12′50″E / 0.838°S 131.214°E / -0.838; 131.214
Area	0.52 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Length	1.6 km (0.99 mi)
Coastline	4 km (2.5 mi)
Highest elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Administration
Indonesia
Province	Southwest Papua
City	Sorong
District	Sorong Islands
Demographics
Population	2,078 (mid 2021 estimate)

Raam, also spelt Ram, is an island in Southwest Papua province of Indonesia, located off the northwestern tip of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea. It lies at a distance of about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the coast of the city of Sorong (of which it is administratively part), and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the islands of Doom and Soop (or Tsiof). About 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) long and up to 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) wide, Raam has an area of 0.5 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi). Occupying the eastern half of the island is a settlement with a population of 2,078 (as of mid 2021), which forms a kelurahan within the district of Sorong Islands in the City of Sorong.

Bibliography

• Atlas peta potensi pengembangan komoditas dan kawasan perkebunan kakao dan pala provinsi Papua Barat (PDF). 2015. p. 55.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Kabupaten Kota Sorong. Distrik Sorong Kepulauan Dalam Angka 2022 (Report). p. 34.
• Penutupan Lahan 2011 (available at WebGIS Kehutanan Archived 2020-01-29 at the Wayback Machine), a land cover dataset
• Sailing directions (enroute) : New Guinea (PDF). National Geospatial-intelligence Agency. 2018. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-09-16.