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RAJA AMPAT (Indonesia) • In the province of West Papua, the islands of Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati and Misool rise out of the sea, the four kings of this north-east corner of the Indonesian archipelago.
But there is a fifth king that rules the islands of Raja Ampat underwater - the manta ray.


