Lingga Islands
The Lingga Islands ( Kepulauan Lingga Indonesian ) lie off the east coast of Sumatra in the Malay Archipelago, south of scoring to the Riau Islands Rempang and Bintan.
The inhabitants are Malays, Bugis and Chinese.
The island group consists of:
- Lingga, one of the two major islands, situated at the height of the equator, has an area of 889.2 km ² and a coastline of 228.2 kilometers. The Lingga Mountains reach a height of 1163 m. A port town in the south is Bukit CeNing.
- Singkep, the second large island with the main, small town Dabo Singkep the east and the harbor town of Iago in the north. It has an area of 757.3 km ² and a coastline of 174.9 km and reaches a height of 475 m. Near the west lies the small island Posik.
- Selayar between Lingga and Singkep
- Sebangka, north of Lingga and east of Bakung
- Bakung, north of Lingga and west of Sebangka
Other small islands:
- Senayang, Kapas, Kentar and Mowang
- Lobam and Cempah, west of Sebangka
- Mesanak, north of Senayang
- Temiang, northwest of Senayang
Ferries go to Tanjung Pinang on Bintan.