Masakambing Island

Masakambing is a small Indonesian island in the Masalembu Islands of the Java Sea, and is part of the regency of Sumenep. It is administered as its own village of Masakambing.

Masakambing
Geography
Coordinates5°26′48″S 114°25′23″E
Area7.79 km2 (3.01 sq mi)
Highest elevation8 m (26 ft)
Administration
ProvinceEast Java
RegencySumenep
SubdistrictMasalembu
VillageMasakambing
Demographics
Population1,280 (2015)[1]
Pop. density164.3/km2 (425.5/sq mi)

The island is home to the only remaining wild individuals of the abbotti subspecies of the Yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea).

Geography

The island is located in the middle of the Java Sea approximately halfway between Java (more precisely Madura) and Borneo. It is about 9 km north of the slightly larger, more populated island of Masalembu. It measures around 4 km north-south and 3 km west-east, with a published land area of 7.79 square kilometers. Due to its small size, there is little prominent features on the island which is largely flat with a peak elevation of just 8 meters above sea level.[1]

The island is surrounded by mangrove trees, which provides habitat to the remaining Abbott's Cockatoo (C. sulphurea abbotti). The subspecies had a spread across the archipelago, until the clearing of vegetation from the islands for agriculture.[2][3]

Demographics

1,280 people in 544 households live on the island in 2015, with a sex ratio of 91.62.[1]

Economy and facilities

Agriculture is the main employment of the island, with 282 jobs in 2015 followed by fisheries at 216. The only schools present on the island are two elementary schools, one publicly funded and the other a madrasa.[1] Some tourists visit the island in order to observe the endemic parrots.[4]

The island is dependent on Madurese mainland for various basic supplies. However, high waves in the waters often impede both the supply deliveries and the local fishermen from going out to sea.[5]

References
  1. "Kecamatan Masalembu dalam Angka 2016" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  2. "New Abbotti Chick on Masakambing Island". Indonesian Parrot Project. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. Cameron, Matt (20 December 2007). Cockatoos. Csiro Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 9780643098763. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. Basri, Abdul (23 July 2017). "Mereka yang Setia Lestarikan Kakaktua Jambul Kuning Abbotti Masakambing". Jawa Pos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. Sulistiyawan, Wahyu (9 February 2017). "Cuaca Ekstrem, Pasokan Sembako ke Sumenep Terhenti, Warga Kepulauan Terancam Krisis Pangan". TribunNews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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