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Submitted by geo-org on Sunday, 17 February 2019  Page Views: 3209

Rock ArtSite Name: Bitsyari Bay, West Papua Alternative Name: Namatote Bay
Country: Indonesia
NOTE: This site is 802.909 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Kaimana  Nearest Village: MaiMai
Latitude: 3.82092S  Longitude: 133.931240E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Bitsyari Bay, West Papua
Bitsyari Bay, West Papua submitted by geo-org : rock art (Vote or comment on this photo)
The site is in Bitsyari Bay opposite the Namatote islands, West Papua. The rock art is located along a stretch of cliffs only accessible from the sea. It takes around 2 hours by boat from Kaimana. The sites are known to locals and cannot be missed. Some of the paintings have been already damaged but most of them are clearly visible from the boat. They remind a lot of aboriginal paintings from Australia.

After doing some research on the internet I found this fascinating book from UNESCO describing them (and others)
Rock Art in West Papua by Karina Arifin and Philippe Delanghe

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Bitsyari Bay, West Papua
Bitsyari Bay, West Papua submitted by geo-org : rock art (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bitsyari Bay, West Papua
Bitsyari Bay, West Papua submitted by geo-org : lizards zoom in (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bitsyari Bay, West Papua
Bitsyari Bay, West Papua submitted by geo-org : Dots (stars?) and abstract figures (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Bitsyari Bay, West Papua
Bitsyari Bay, West Papua submitted by geo-org : impression from the far (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bitsyari Bay, West Papua
Bitsyari Bay, West Papua submitted by geo-org : Impression of the area where the rock art is located

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