Bird’s Head Peninsula

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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.

All labels observed (2)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
natural region of New Guinea
peninsula
borders Arafura Sea
Banda Sea
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
Fakfak region
Kaimana region
Manokwari region
Raja Ampat Islands
Sorong region
Tamrau Mountains
Vogelkop Mountains
linked to: Vogelkop Peninsula
inhabitedBy Papuans
linked to: Papuan peoples

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 region
linked to: Asia-Pacific

Australasia
linked to: Asia-Pacific

Melanesia
New Guinea
Western New Guinea
linked to: West Papua
locatedInTimeZone UTC+9
locatedOn Pacific Ring of Fire
partOf Indonesia
Southwest Papua
West Papua
tectonicSetting Bird’s Head Plate
complex plate boundary zone

How these facts were elicited

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
Vogelkop Peninsula alsoKnownAs Bird’s Head Peninsula
Vogelkop Peninsula contains Bird’s Head Mountains
linked to: Bird’s Head Peninsula
Vogelkop Plate locatedNear Bird’s Head Peninsula