Bird’s Head Peninsula

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geographical region natural region of New Guinea peninsula

The Bird’s Head Peninsula is a large, distinctive northwestern extension of New Guinea in Indonesia, known for its rich biodiversity, complex tectonic setting, and significant indigenous cultures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bird’s Head Peninsula canonical	4
Bird’s Head Mountains	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ natural region of New Guinea ⓘ peninsula ⓘ
borders	Arafura Sea ⓘ Banda Sea ⓘ Cenderawasih Bay area ⓘ surface form: Cenderawasih Bay Ceram Sea ⓘ Geelvink Bay ⓘ Halmahera Sea ⓘ
contains	coral reefs ⓘ important bird areas ⓘ mangrove forests ⓘ montane forest ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ tropical rainforest biome ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
hasPart	Arfak Mountains ⓘ Berau Gulf ⓘ Bintuni Bay ⓘ Bird’s Head Bay ⓘ Bird’s Head Seascape ⓘ Cenderawasih Bay area ⓘ surface form: Cenderawasih Bay Southwest Papua Province ⓘ surface form: Fakfak region Kaimana region ⓘ Manokwari region ⓘ Raja Ampat Islands ⓘ Sorong region ⓘ Tamrau Mountains ⓘ Vogelkop Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Vogelkop Mountains
inhabitedBy	Papuan peoples ⓘ surface form: Papuans indigenous peoples of New Guinea ⓘ
knownFor	bird-of-paradise species ⓘ coral reef ecosystems ⓘ endemic species ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ indigenous cultures ⓘ karst landscapes ⓘ mountainous interior ⓘ rich marine biodiversity ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia-Pacific ⓘ surface form: Asia-Pacific region Asia-Pacific ⓘ surface form: Australasia Melanesia ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ West Papua ⓘ surface form: Western New Guinea
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+9 ⓘ
locatedOn	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
partOf	Indonesia ⓘ Southwest Papua Province ⓘ surface form: Southwest Papua West Papua ⓘ
tectonicSetting	Bird’s Head Plate ⓘ complex plate boundary zone ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bird’s Head Plate → locatedInRegion → Bird’s Head Peninsula ⓘ

South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages → hasGeographicDistribution → Bird’s Head Peninsula ⓘ

Vogelkop Peninsula → alsoKnownAs → Bird’s Head Peninsula ⓘ

Vogelkop Peninsula → contains → Bird’s Head Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bird’s Head Mountains

Vogelkop Plate → locatedNear → Bird’s Head Peninsula ⓘ