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The Sabalana Islands (Kepulauan Sabalana) are an Atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 in the Flores Sea
Flores Sea

The Flores Sea covers 93,000 square miles of water in Indonesia.The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Java Sea , Banda Sea , and the Savu Sea ....
 in Indonesia, lying just north of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Lesser Sunda Islands

The Nusa Tenggara , or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of Maritime Southeast Asia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands....
, closer to Sumbawa
Sumbawa

Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast....
 than Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
. They are west of Tanahjampea Island and northeast of the Tengah Islands
Tengah Islands

Tengah Islands are a group of islands in the Flores Sea in Indonesia, lying just north of the Lesser Sunda Islands, scattered off the north coast of Mount Tambora in Sumbawa. They are southwest of the Sabalana Islands....
 (Central Islands). Administratively, the atoll belongs to the province of South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi

File:South Sulawesi-Indonesia-Mountains.jpgSouth Sulawesi is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi island....
. The total area, including the large lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
, is 2694 kmē, making Sabalana one of the largest atolls by total area. The land area of the largest individual island, Pulau Sabalana, measures about 7 kmē, followed by Pulau Banawaja with 3 kmē and Pulau Sabaru with 1.4 kmē.

The individual islets are listed, clockwise from the northernmost to the southernmost (the western rim of the atoll is free of islets):






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The Sabalana Islands (Kepulauan Sabalana) are an Atoll
Atoll

An atoll is an island of coral that encircles a lagoon partially or completely....
 in the Flores Sea
Flores Sea

The Flores Sea covers 93,000 square miles of water in Indonesia.The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Java Sea , Banda Sea , and the Savu Sea ....
 in Indonesia, lying just north of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Lesser Sunda Islands

The Nusa Tenggara , or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of Maritime Southeast Asia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands....
, closer to Sumbawa
Sumbawa

Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast....
 than Sulawesi
Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
. They are west of Tanahjampea Island and northeast of the Tengah Islands
Tengah Islands

Tengah Islands are a group of islands in the Flores Sea in Indonesia, lying just north of the Lesser Sunda Islands, scattered off the north coast of Mount Tambora in Sumbawa. They are southwest of the Sabalana Islands....
 (Central Islands). Administratively, the atoll belongs to the province of South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi

File:South Sulawesi-Indonesia-Mountains.jpgSouth Sulawesi is a Provinces of Indonesia of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi island....
. The total area, including the large lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
, is 2694 kmē, making Sabalana one of the largest atolls by total area. The land area of the largest individual island, Pulau Sabalana, measures about 7 kmē, followed by Pulau Banawaja with 3 kmē and Pulau Sabaru with 1.4 kmē.

The individual islets are listed, clockwise from the northernmost to the southernmost (the western rim of the atoll is free of islets):
  1. Pulau Djailamu
  2. Pulau Sabaru
  3. Pulau Balobaloang-besar
  4. Pulau Balobaloang-ketjil
  5. Pulau Sumanga
  6. Pulau Makaranangang
  7. Pulau Laija
  8. Pulau Sanane-ketjil
  9. Pulau Sanane-besar
  10. Pulau Sabalana
  11. Pulau Banawaja (easternmost)
  12. Pulau Pamolikang
  13. Pulau Santigiang
  14. Pulau Soroabu
  15. Pulau Meong
  16. Pulau Matalang
  17. Pulau Balalohong
  18. Pulau Manukang
  19. Pulau Sadulangang
  20. Pulau Sarege

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