Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Java
The world's most populous island (~159 million people); home to Jakarta, Borobudur, Prambanan and the volcanoes Bromo and Semeru.
- Formation
- volcanic arc island; 112 volcanoes (35 active), fertile volcanic soils, limestone plateaus in the south
- Population
- 159.2M
- Water
- Indian Ocean
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Java.
Fly to Jakarta (CGK) or Surabaya (SUB); intercity trains span the island; ASDP ferries link Merak (Java) to Bakauheni (Sumatra) and Ketapang (Java) to Gilimanuk (Bali).
- 01Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK), Jakarta
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
ASDP Indonesia Ferry: Merak-Bakauheni and Ketapang-Gilimanuk crossings; Pelni long-distance ships from Tanjung Priok.
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Indonesia visa-exemption/visa-on-arrival for many nationalities.
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Fifth-largest island of Indonesia and the most populous island on Earth. Its volcanic soils supported dense rice-growing civilizations for over a millennium, and it remains Indonesia's political, economic and cultural centre.
Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms (Tarumanagara, Mataram, Majapahit) built Borobudur and Prambanan; Islamic sultanates rose from the 1500s; the Dutch VOC made Batavia its Asian HQ in 1619; Japanese occupation 1942-1945; heart of independent Indonesia since 1945.
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The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 7.49° S · 110.00° E
- Sovereignty
- Indonesia · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Sumatra across the Sunda Strait (~25 km at the narrowest point)
- Best recorded window
- April-October (dry season).
- Permits / entry
- Indonesia visa-exemption/visa-on-arrival for many nationalities.
- Languages
- Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Betawi
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