IndonesiaIsland

Yamdena Island

3,269 km² of land in the Arafura Sea.

When to go

Saumlaki

N 10 km

Ferry portsPeaksAirports

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

3,269km²

Area

567km

Coastline

36m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

December

404km

To the mainland

When to go to Yamdena Island

Best for the beach from August to September.

The sea is warmest in December (30 °C) and coolest in August (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

29°29°26°

Jan28

29°29°26°

Feb26

29°29°26°

Mar26

29°30°26°

Apr22

29°29°26°

May22

28°28°25°

Jun18

26°28°24°

Jul12

26°28°24°

Aug4

27°30°24°

Sep4

28°32°26°

Oct6

29°33°27°

Nov14

30°31°27°

Dec26

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Tanimbar Islands Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia

Yamdena Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 3,269 km², with 567 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 36 m. The nearest mainland is 404 km away.

Getting there

Karel Sadsuitubun Airport (LUV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 239 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesBanda - Saumlaki, Saumlaki - Larat (Elat), Tepa - Saumlaki, Kalabahi - Saumlaki
404 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From August to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Yamdena Island.

2ferry terminalsSaumlaki, Saumlaki Port
3named peaksBotanipnyue, Riatu, Lainbuar

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 69 m above the sea. 99 % of it is below 200 m.

40 %0–50 m
59 %50–200 m
1 %200–500 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Yamdena Island3,269 km²

Mallorca3,685 km²

Long Island3,529 km²

50 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

Saumlaki12,916 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	29	29	29	30	29	28	28	28	30	32	33	31
Night low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	24	26	27	27
Sea (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	28	26	26	27	28	29	30
Rain (mm)	281	222	223	210	194	127	50	17	16	22	58	208
Wet days	28	26	26	22	22	18	12	4	4	6	14	26
Sun h/day	5.0	5.4	5.6	6.2	5.9	5.6	6.3	7.8	8.5	8.7	8.1	6.0
Wind (km/h)	19	19	15	16	22	26	26	25	22	18	13	13

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3
2021	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	±0.0	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	+0.7	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3
2022	−0.6	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+1.1	+1.5	+0.9	+0.8	+1.1	+1.2	+0.7	−0.1
2023	−0.2	−0.7	+0.1	±0.0	+0.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	−0.4	−0.5	−0.1	−0.2
2024	+0.1	+0.1	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7	+0.7	±0.0
2025	+1.0	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.6	±0.0	−0.1

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Royal ceremonial pendant (masa) with head of Garuda, Tanimbar, Yamdena Island, 16th-19th century, gold alloy, HAA — Hiart · CC0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Babar Island

Indonesia626 km²833 m200 km away

Damar Island

Indonesia193 km²868 m320 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q431318) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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