Nias Selatan Travel Guide
Nias Selatan located in Nias Island, many turis object in here such as Desa Bawomataluo, Lagundri / Sorake beach, Hilisimaetanö, Gomo, Mo`ale beach, Pulau - Pulau Batu, Tello, etc. Nias Selatan is central Nias tourism. It is one in the chain of islands parallel to the coast that stretch from Simeulue in the north to isolated Enggano in the south and includes many smaller islands, separated from Sumatra by the Mentawai Strait. This chain, which resurfaces in Nusa Tenggara in the mountainous islands of Sumba and Timor, is the forearc of the South Sumatra Basin along the Sunda Trench subduction zone. At Nias the oceanic plate is being obliquely subducted under the Asian Plate at the rapid rate of 52 mm a year (Milsom).
Nias Island lies on latitude 1° 30′ north and longitude 97° 98′ east. It covers an area of 5,625 km2 which is mostly lowland area of ± 800 m above sea level.
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