Mursala Island (id:), also known as Musala Island or Mursalah Island, is an island off the coast of Sumatra. It is administrated by as part of Indonesia's Central Tapanuli Regency in the province of North Sumatra.
Description Mursala island is located off the south coast of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. The island is noted for its natural beauty, though illegal forestry operations have negatively impacted the island's biological diversity."A Preliminary Biodiversity Survey in Mursala Island: Implication for Conservation". R A Fambayun et al 2019 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 394 012004. The closest major population center is Sibolga.Siti Nurul Chaerunisha, Purwo Sri Suracmatiningsih, Syarifuddin Gassing. Optimization Mursala Waterfall in Improving Community Potency, Welfare through Local Wisdom in Central Tapanuli Regency. International Journal of Science and Research ISSN: 2319-7064 Index Copernicus Value (2016): 79.57 | Impact Factor (2017): 7.296
The island is known for a large waterfall on its western side. A smaller islet on Mursala's eastern side, Pantai Pulau Putri, is known for its beaches. Mursala island is one of the only known habitats for Dipterocarpus cinereus, a species of plant considered to be extinct until the 2010s.
According to some sources, parts of Peter Jackson's 2005 film King Kong were filmed on the island.
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