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Misool is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands
Raja Ampat Islands
Located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo,...

 in West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. Its area is 2034 km². The highest point is 535 m and the main town is Waigama, on the island's northern coast, and Lilinta.

Other main islands off the western end of West Papua are Salawati
Salawati
Salawati is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua , Indonesia. Its area is 1623 km². The other main islands in the archipelago are Misool, Batanta and Waigeo....

, Batanta
Batanta
Batanta is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Papua province, Indonesia. Its area is 453 km² and its highest point is 1184 m.- Fauna :The following mammals are found on the island:...

, Kofiau
Kofiau
Kofiau is an island in the Raja Ampat Islands, in West Papua, Indonesia. The island is primarily raised coral limestone with some volcanic hills, covered in low forest. The island is home to the endemic Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher and Black-backed Monarch....

 and Waigeo
Waigeo
Waigeo is an island in West Papua province of eastern Indonesia. The island is also known as Amberi, or Waigiu. It is the largest of the four main islands in the Raja Ampat Islands archipelago, between Halmahera and about 65 km to the northwest coast of New Guinea...

.

Fauna

  • Echymipera kalubu, Common Spiny Bandicoot
  • Echymipera rufescens
  • Dorcopsis muelleri
  • Phalanger orientalis
  • Spilocuscus maculatus
  • Petaurus breviceps
  • Macroglossus minimus
  • Melanotaenia misoolensis, Misool rainbowfish
  • Nyctimene aello
  • Pteropus conspicillatus
  • Asellicus tricuspidatus
  • Pipistrellus papuanus
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