Pamana Island
| Indonesian: Pulau Dana | |
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 11°00′36″S 122°52′37″E / 11.01000°S 122.87694°E |
| Archipelago | Rote Islands |
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Pamana Island (Dana,Dona, Ndana) is a small island off Rote Island in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province of Lesser Sunda Islands, and the southernmost point of Asia. It lies exactly on latitude 11°S. Administratively this island is part of Rote Ndao Regency. It borders the Ashmore and Cartier Islands to the south.
The island is inhabited by some deer, various bird species and is visited annually by turtles who come to lay their eggs.
It is said in some legends that the island was inhabited in the 17th Century, until all the inhabitants were massacred in a reprisal and their bodies discarded into the lake and its drinking water. From that day the island has been left to itself.
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