Indonesia has so many beautiful islands to visit. Jemur Island is one of these islands which maybe not yet well known. The panoramic landscape of Jemur Island is truly wonderful. Moreover, Jemur Island has the abundant natural capital potential. Recently the spreading info on internet stated that Jemur Island is a part of Malaysia. Of course this claim raised the protest from Indonesian people. The tourism sites Travel Journal and Osvaja.net listed Jemur Island as a tour destination of Selangor, Malaysia. This statement is absolutely WRONG. Jemur Island is an island of Indonesia. This outer island is located at Malacca Strait, close to the border of Malaysia. Administratively Jemur Island included in Rokan Hilir Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia. It is 72,4 km from Bagan Siapi-api and 64,3 km from Klang Port at Malaysia.
Jemur Island is slightly sloping with the golden-yellow sands outspread, the clear water, and the steep coral. This island is the largest (2,5 ha) among the nine islands of Arwah Islands group. Arwah Islands group consists of Tekong Mas, Tekong Simbang, Labuhan Bilik, and the other small islands. These islands formed a circle, so in the middle of this circle is the still sea. The fishermen’s boats used these circling islands to take shelter from the waves and storms at Malacca Strait. The abundant fishes at around Jemur Island attracted so many fishermen to fish there. At 1960s this area had ever been the second largest fish producer in the world after Norway. Not only rich in fishes, Jemur Island is also rich in the other sea products and reefs. Moreover, this beautiful uninhabited island became the habitat of the green turtles. At certain seasons the turtles rise to the shore to lay eggs. To protect the turtles’ proliferation, Jemur Island has the turtles breeding area.
The fascination of Jemur Island is really mesmerizing. Still, because its tourism is not too maximally developed yet, it makes Jemur Island not so well known as a tour destination. Besides its panoramic view, there’re some other tourism potentials at Jemur Island for their historical value, such as the former Japanese Cave, the lighthouse built in 1920, Perigi Tualang, Romusha mass graveyard, the fortress remnant of Japan army, and Panglima Layar Stone.
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