Misool

The name Misool is from Ma'ya language which meant port or harbour relating to when the first king from Waigeo arrived on the island. Original inhabitants (Matbat) called the island with the name Batan Me.{{cite book |last=Mansoben |first=Johszua Robert |author-link= |date=1995 |title=Sistem Politik Tradisional Di Irian Jaya |url= |location=Jakarta |publisher=LIPI - RUL 1995 |pages=232–246|isbn=979-8258-06-1}}

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Misool is part of the Vogelkop–Aru lowland rain forests ecoregion, which includes the other Raja Ampat Islands and the Bird's Head Peninsula on mainland New Guinea. Plant communities include alluvial, or lowland alluvial rain forest and lowland hill rain forest. Native animals include marsupials, murid rodents, bats, and many birds, including several endemic species.{{WWF ecoregion|name=Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests|id=aa0128}} Some native animals include:

• Echymipera kalubu, common spiny bandicoot
• Echymipera rufescens
• Dorcopsis muelleri
• Phalanger orientalis
• Spilocuscus maculatus
• Petaurus breviceps
• Macroglossus minimus
• Nyctimene aello
• Pteropus conspicillatus
• Aselliscus tricuspidatus
• Pipistrellus papuanus
• Lesser bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea minor)

File:Kalig reef ecosystem in Misool.jpg

Misool and the Raja Ampat Islands are part of the Coral Triangle, and islands' coral reefs and coastal waters are some of the most biodiverse on Earth. Native fish include the Misool rainbowfish (Melanotaenia misoolensis) and Misool yellowfin rainbowfish (Melanotaenia flavipinnis).Allen, G.R., Hadiaty, R.K. & Unmack, P.J. (2014): Melanotaenia flavipinnis, a new species of Rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from Misool Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia, aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 35-52.Allen, G. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/13067/all Melanotaenia misoolensis]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 4 August 2007. A section of Raja Ampat Marine Recreation Park covers the coastal waters southeast of the island. The park was designated in 2009.= "KKPD KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN RAJA AMPAT". Protected Planet. Accessed 8 August 2021. [https://www.protectedplanet.net/555635921]

Islam first arrived in the Raja Ampat archipelago in the 15th century due to political and economic contacts with the Bacan Sultanate.Wanggai, Toni V. M. (2008). [https://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/bitstream/123456789/7292/1/Toni%20Victor%20M.%20Wanggai_Rekonstruksi%20Sejarah%20Umat%20Islam%20di%20Tanah%20Papua.pdf Rekonstruki sejarah umat Islam di tanna Papua] [Reconstruction of the History of lslam in Papua]. Syariff Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-13. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Sultanate of Tidore had close economic ties with the island, which was ruled by king in Lilinta descended from Gurabesi of Waigeo, while Tidore appointed another king in Waigama.Slama, Martin (2015), "[https://books.google.com/books?id=JEp1rgEACAAJ Papua as an Islamic Frontier: Preaching in 'the Jungle' and the Multiplicity of Spatio-Temporal Hierarchisations", From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities], ANU Press, pp. 243–270, {{ISBN|978-1-925022-43-8}} During this period, Islam became firmly established and local chiefs had begun adopting Islam.

Misool was a part of the Dutch colonial empire under the Netherlands East Indies administration. The Japanese occupied the island in 1942, became the base of Imperial Japanese Navy until 1945.No. 92 of the Japanese Monographs — "Southwest Area Naval Operations, Apr. 1942 – Apr. 1944", 10 September 1947.

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Pulau Misool Nature Reserve was established in 1982. It covers the southern portion of the island, with an area of 840 km².

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• Jelle Miedema, Perspectives on the Bird's Head of Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Proceedings of the Conference Leiden, 13–17 October 1997
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130518080352/http://www.mcatoolkit.org/Field_Projects/Field_Projects_Indonesia_1_Misool_Ecoresort.html Indonesia Field Project - Misool - Marine Conservation Agreements]

Category:Raja Ampat Islands

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