Elat: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: Maluku
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 5.6578° S, 132.9709° E
• Time zone: Asia/Jayapura (UTC+09:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 2,890 km (1,796 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Karel Sadsuitubun Airport (LUV): 26 km (16 mi), straight line
• Utarom Airport (KNG): 238 km (148 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tual: 24 km (15 mi)
• Langgur: 26 km (16 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Timika, 427 km (265 mi)