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| Boo West Soft Corals 2, Raja Ampat, Indonesia |
The Raja Ampat archipelago, part of the Coral
Triangle, located at the northwest corner of Indonesia’s West Papua
province, encompassing 40,000 km² of land and sea and including a series of
more than 1,500 islands which surround the main islands of Misool, Salawati,
Batanta and Waigeo.
Located at the intersection of the Indian
Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, Raja Ampat has been described as a ‘species
factory’.
Powerful deep-sea currents funnel nutrients
into Raja Ampat’s delicate fringing coral reefs, blue water drop-offs, mangrove
flats, and seagrass beds to form the
