1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARU ISLANDS (Dutch Aroe), a group in the residency of Amboyna, Dutch East Indies; between 5° 18' and 7° 5' S., and 134° and 135° E.; the member nearest to the south-west coast of New Guinea lying about 70 m. from it. The larger islands (Wokan, Kobrur, Maikor and Trangan), and certain of the lesser ones, are regarded by the Malays as one land mass which they call tana besar (" great land "). This is justified inasmuch as its parts are only isolated by narrow creeks of curious form, ii. 23 having the character of riv…
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