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Islands focus: Names to be given to 14 islands in NTT
The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial administration will give names to 14 small islands, which border with Australia and Timor Leste to prevent claims of ownership by the neighboring countries
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he East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial administration will give names to 14 small islands, which border with Australia and Timor Leste to prevent claims of ownership by the neighboring countries.
A ceremony for the event is slated for May 14, 2016, to be attended by Governor Frans Lebu Raya and Kupang Naval Base commander Brig. Gen. Siswoyo Santoso.
“The names are to be given to prevent ownership claims by neighboring countries,” Kupang Naval Base spokesperson Capt. Johan Hariyanto told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
The province has 1,192 islands, 92 of which are nameless. Actually, according to Johan, those islands have been given names by local communities but they were not registered by their respective regional administrations.
He added giving names to the unnamed islands was to ensure the basic points of Indonesia’s archipelagic baseline as well as to allow the Navy an easier time in defending the nation’s waters.
The names, he said, would be given based on Government Regulation (PP) No. 38/2002 on the basic points of Indonesian archipelagic baselines.
Johan said there were five islands in NTT located at the outermost point of Indonesian territory and directly bordered Australia and Timor Leste. The five islands were Ndana in Rote Ndao regency, Batek in Kupang regency, Menggudu and Salura in East Sumba regency and Dana in Sabu Raijua regency.
