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{{short description|Island group in Southwest Papua province, eastern Indonesia}} {{distinguish|Schouten Islands (Papua New Guinea)}} {{About|the island group in Indonesia|other islands with same name|Schouten (disambiguation)}} [[File:Lokasi Kepulauan Biak.svg|thumb|Location of Biak Islands]] [[File:Map of Biak Island.jpg|thumb|Biak and Supiori Islands with minor islands and towns]] [[File:Biak Archipelago.png|thumb|Biak Islands in Cenderawasih Bay.]] The '''Biak Islands''' ({{langx|id|Kepulauan Biak}}, also '''Schouten Islands''' or '''Geelvink Islands''') are an [[island]] group of [[Southwest Papua]] province, eastern [[Indonesia]] in the [[Cenderawasih Bay]] (or Geelvink Bay) 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of [[New Guinea]]. The group consists of the main islands of [[Biak Island|Biak]], [[Supiori Island|Supiori]] and [[Numfor]], and numerous smaller islands, mostly covered in [[rain forest]]. The population of the archipelago is about 130,000.
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