Natuna Besar

Great Natuna (Natuna Besar in Indonesian) or just Natuna is the main island of the Middle Natuna Archipelago, which is part of the Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. It is also called Bunguran Island.

The area of Great Natuna is 1720 km².

The island is home to three species of non-human primates: the slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), and the Natuna leaf monkey (a.k.a. Natuna pale-thighed surili, Presbytis natunae).^[1]^[2] A small number of wild goats live on the island as well as sea birds There is a large mosque in the north-east corner of the island. The Masjid Agung Natuna was built over two years from 2007 to 2009.

Main islands of Riau Islands Province

Riau Archipelago	Bintan Group: Bintan Mapur Gin Besar Mantang Dompak Telan Besar Senjolong Loban Angkut Empuru Penyegat Barelang Group: Batam-Rempang-Galang Galang Baru Subangmas Belakang Padang Sambu Manis Bulan Pemping Kepala Jernih Terong Karimun Group: Great Karimun Combol-Citlim Sugi Moro Island Durian Kundur Little Karimun Sanglar Durai Asam Island Bela Island Papan-Buru-Parit

Natuna Islands	Great Natuna South Natuna Archipelago Tambelan Archipelago

Anambas Islands	Tarempa Matak Jemaja Andriabu

Lingga Islands	Lingga Singkep Sebangka Bakung Selayar Posik Serak Lalang Temiang Mesawak Petong Abang Besar

References

↑ Lammertink, Nijman, and Setiorini, 2003. Oryx 37(4):472-479
↑ Brandon-Jones et al. 2004. Asian Primate Classification. International Journal of Primatology 25(1):97-164.

Coordinates: 3°56′52.93″N 108°12′45.31″E / 3.9480361°N 108.2125861°E / 3.9480361; 108.2125861

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