Gag Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua Province, Indonesiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Gag Island | Island |
Raja Ampat Islands | Archipelago |
West Papua Province | Province |
Indonesia | Country |
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Locality type:
One of the Raja Ampat Islands.
Extensive open pit mining was done there from 2000 to 2002 under the 1998 BHP + PT Gag Nikel contract of work. Things stopped in 2002 when the Indonesian Ministry of Forests declared the Gag Island Nickel mine & 3 others to be in violation of a "Protected Forest status for these sites. BHP pulled out but PT Gag Nikel got the go-ahead to continue.
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Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_Island |
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Wikidata ID: | Q1491065 |
GeoNames ID: | 1644656 |
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Localities in this Region
- West Papua Province
- Raja Ampat Islands
- Gag Island
- Raja Ampat Islands
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Gag Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua Province, Indonesia