Yamur Lake

Yamur Lake
Danau Jamur
Location of Lake Jamur in West Papua
Location of Lake Jamur in West Papua
Yamur Lake
Location within Western New Guinea
LocationYamor district, Kaimana Regency, West Papua, Indonesia
Coordinates3°40′11″S 134°55′36″E / 3.6696°S 134.9268°E / -3.6696; 134.9268
Typelake
Max. length7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Max. width9.4 km (5.8 mi)
Surface area
37.25 km2 (14.38 mi2)
Surface elevation
32 m (105 ft)
Islands2

Yamur Lake (Indonesian: Danau Jamur), alternatively spelt Jamur Lake, is a tropical, low-altitude lake located at the base of the Bird's Neck Isthmus of Western New Guinea, in the Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests ecoregion. It lies in eastern Kaimana Regency in the Indonesian province of West Papua along the border with Central Papua province.

The lake is known as the home of an endemic fish species, the Yamur Lake grunter

References

  1. ↑ Rojian, Achmad. "Intip Keindahan Danau Yamur Yang Terletak di Papua - Okelihat". Intip Keindahan Danau Yamur Yang Terletak di Papua - Okelihat (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  2. ↑ Amy Palmer-Newton (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit) (2020-06-08). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Variichthys jamoerensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived from the original on 2025-05-07. Retrieved 2025-08-16.