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Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head (Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', (オランダ語:Vogelkop)) or Doberai Peninsula is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea and the Province of West Papua, Indonesia. (See also Bird's Tail Peninsula.)
==Location and geography==
The Bird's Head Peninsula forms the northwestern end of the island of New Guinea. To the east is Cenderawasih Bay and to the south Bintuni Bay.
To the west, across the Dampier Strait is Waigeo island of Raja Ampat, and Batanta island lies just off the northwest tip. The peninsula south is Bomberai Peninsula.
The peninsula is around 200 by 300 kilometers, and is bio-geographically diverse, containing coastal plains to the south. The Arfak Mountains are a 2900-meter-high mountain range that are found in the east. Slightly shorter than the Arfak Mountains, the Tamrau Mountains are found in the north. Bon Irau is the highest mountain in the Tamrau Mountains, at . The highest mountain on the Bird's Head Peninsula is Pegunungan Arfak. It is high and is located 21 miles southwest of Manokwari. Both of the mountain ranges have a diverse mix of sandstone, limestone, and volcanic rock. A large basin called the Kebar Valley divides the two mountain ranges apart. 〔(Flip van Helden: ''A bird’s eye view of the Bird’s Head Peninsula'', in Irian Jaya Studies Programme for Interdisciplinary Research (IIAS) Newsletter nr.37, June 2005 ), retrieved 11 May 2010〕
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