epa10802647 Passenger disembark from ferry Bahtera Nusantara 01 after sailing from Serasan Island, Natuna, Indonesia 16 August 2023. Ferries are the main transportation link between the outermost islands throughout Indonesia as an archipelagic country and used by people who live in the outer islands of Indonesia. Indonesia's Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) inaugurated and standardized the names of 17,024 islands in Indonesia, higher than the results of the 2021 Central Statistics Agency (BPS) survey. EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK
