Nusapenida Island — Nusapenida Island Map Poster & Print

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Nusapenida Island Map Poster & Print

Nusapenida Island, more often written Nusa Penida, lies across the Badung Strait from Bali's southeast coast. It is the largest of a group of three islands. The other two, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan, sit just off its northwestern side across a narrow channel. The island belongs to Bali's Klungkung regency, but its dry limestone landscape looks quite different from the rice terraces of the mainland.

The northern coast is where the island meets the outside world: a low shore lined with villages, small harbours and a coastal road. Inland, the ground climbs to a rolling plateau crossed by narrow, winding lanes. On the southern and western sides it ends abruptly in high cliffs above the Indian Ocean. A Nusapenida Island map poster captures this lopsided shape, busy on one side and bare on the other.

The waters around the island are known for manta rays, which gather at cleaning stations off the southwest coast, and for seasonal sightings of ocean sunfish. On land, cliff viewpoints such as Kelingking have become some of the most photographed places in Indonesia. They are reached along the plateau's twisting roads, which show on the map as fine, irregular threads.