This island is named Deer Island because when the island owner travel to it, he found a deer that can give birth. The strange news quickly spread throughout Lhoong and Aceh Raya districts so people called it Deer Island.
If you go down to the beach, you will get an amazing panorama. With the coastline is not too long, you meet the big rocks arranged ecara natural. It feels no less with the beach panorama in Bangka Belitung as shown in the movie Laskar Pelangi.
Although, having a beauty on the beach and the sea, the island is uninhabited. This isolated small island, located in Lhoong District, Aceh Besar District, NAD Province. Deer Island has an area of about 0.296 square kilometers.
Being on the western tip of the archipelago, Deer Island actually has sea lobster, sea cucumbers, shrimp, and various types of fish are abundant. That said, the coral reefs that adorn the plains of the sea is still very awake. Tsunami that hit Aceh did not destroy the coral reef ecosystem.
The island is very beautiful, both in the land area, beach, and sea. The island is formed from erosion and abrasion of limestone. There is a funny, although the name of Deer Island, in this area there is no deer at all. Animals that live on this island are pigs, snakes, and other reptiles.
Due to no dock, to get to Deer Island, travelers have to use small fishing boats. It only takes a few minutes from Lhoong to Aceh Besar. If you want to camp and spend the night there, you should prepare supplies and congenital as complete as possible. In addition to remote, road access is also very difficult.
