Anyer
Anyer, also known as AnjerMerak. A significant coastal town late 18th century, Anyer faces the Sunda Strait.
History
The town was a considerable port in the 19th century but was destroyed by a 100-foot-high
the Dutch government two years later as a memorial for the townspeople killed by the eruption.[2] It was also the starting point of the Great Post Road
, built by the Dutch in the nineteenth century, which ran around 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) to the eastern tip of Java. Off the coast of Anyer is the island Pulau Sangiang, an uninhabited island with vast areas of untouched jungle. The area is also known for coral formations swarming with tropical fish.
Anyer Beach is a tourist attraction with hot swimming water, a hotel, and rental of resting sheds, boats, four-wheeled motorcycles, water scooters, and a banana boat.[3]
Plans around 2011 proposed that the Sunda Strait Bridge, an ambitious megaproject scheduled to start in 2014, would stretch from Anyer across the Sunda Strait to Lampung in South Sumatra.
References
Citations
Bibliography
- , 'Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. II, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 58.
- Witton, Patrick (2003). Indonesia. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. p. 166. ISBN 1-74059-154-2.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Anyer.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anyer.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Indonesia: Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
6°04′S 105°53′E / 6.067°S 105.883°E
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