Bangka Island
Bangka (or sometimes Banka) is an island lying east of Sumatra, Indonesia. Population (1990) 626,955. Area: c.4,600 sq mi (11,910 km²).
There is an additional small island named Pulau Bangka in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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—Herman Melville (1819–1891)