Rondo Island
Native name: Pulo Rondo | |
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Geography | |
Coordinates | 6°4′30″N 95°6′45″E / 6.07500°N 95.11250°E |
Administration | |
Indonesia | |
Region | Sumatra |
Province | Aceh |
Rondo Island (
India's southernmost territory (Indira Point) on Great Nicobar Island of the Nicobar Islands is approximately 84 miles or 135 km to the north from the Indonesia's northernmost territory on Rondo Island.[5][2] Centered 21 km or 13 miles northwest of Rondo, between Indonesia and India, is a submerged sandy and rocky coral shoal with a minimum depth of 51m.[3][4] The island is surrounded by a mile (1.7 km) wide reef which has a steep marine slope on its edges.[3][4] On the southern edge of island's reef are 14 small rocky islets,[3][4] at distances between 0.9 and 1.7 km. Between these islets and Weh Island is a 16–20 km or 3-3.5 leagues wide safe navigable channel.[5] Before the advent of modern shipping, shipping between Rondo and Weh Islands was considered safer due to calmer seas.[6]
Rondo island, nicknamed "Guardian of Indonesia",
History
A 1698–1700 CE journal of the first French embassy to China also documents Rondo island as a stop en route to China.[12]
Danish shipliner Maersk's largest cargo ship ran aground off Rondo island on January 6, 1922, and was a total loss.[13]
Ecology
The topography of the half sphere shaped island, with a somewhat flattened top, is wooded and steepest on its north side.
Tourism
The island is popular with scuba divers.[3][4] Sailboats can anchor at a depth of 14 m between northwest to southwest off the island only during northeast monsoon.[3][4] Strong rip tides around the island extend up to 32 km or 20 miles west to northwest.[3][4]
See also
- Exclusive economic zone of Indonesia
- Exclusive economic zone of India
- Sabang, Aceh, An Indonesian port on Weh Island being developed in partnership with India
- Sittwe Port, Myanmar's miltimodel port being developed by India
- Indira Point, India's southernmost point of Andaman and Nicobar Islands group is just north of Rondo Island
- Landfall Island, India's northernmost island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands group
- India's Look-East Connectivity projects
- Extreme points of India
- Extreme points of Indonesia
- List of beaches in Indonesia
References
- ^ 2007, Atoll Research Bulletin, Issue 544, Page 48]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Rondo Island, The Rich Uninhabited Island
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 1989, Sailing Directions (enroute) for the Strait of Malacca and Sumatera, Defence Mapping Agency's Hydrographic/Topographic Center,, 5th ed, 31–32.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Pulau Rhondo, Sea-Seek.
- ^ a b James Horsburgh, 1852, The India Directory, Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, Page 63.
- ^ James Horsburgh, 1805, Memoirs: Comprising the Navigation to and from China, Page 21.
- ^ a b The Most Remote And Small Island In Indonesia, Indonesia Travel Guide.
- ^ Eyeing Southeast Asia, India builds port in Indonesia, Economic Times, March 20, 2019.
- ^ John Burnett, 2003, Dangerous Waters.
- ^ Xin Fei (trabslated by Roderich Ptak), 1996, Hsing-chʻa-sheng-lan: The Overall Survey of the Star Raft, Page 60-66.
- ^ Gavin Menzies, 2009, 1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy, Page 42.
- ^ Translated by S. Bannister, 1859, A journal of the first French embassy to China, 1698–1700, Page 63.
- ^ Ove Hornby, 1988, With Constant Care--: A.P. Møller: Shipowner 1876–1965, Page 93.