Jarak Island

Jarak Island (Malay: Pulau Jarak / ڤولاو جارق) is an island in the straits of Malacca. It is administered as part of Perak, Malaysia. The island is granitic, heavily forested, and has a rocky shoreline.^[1][2] Jarak has been described as being 8 hectares (20 acres) in size.^[2]

Jarak Island

Native name: Pulau Jarak / ڤولاو جارق
Geography
Location	Straits of Malacca
Coordinates	3°58′40″N 100°05′58″E
Area	0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Administration
Malaysia
State	Perak
District	Manjung
Mukim	Lumut

The island is home to an endemic species of gecko, the Jarak Island bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus jarakensis).^[3] The waters around the island host a number of coral reefs.^[2]

A notable, extensive survey of the island was documented by John Wyatt-Smith and Michael Tweedie in 1950, who were part of an expedition investigating scrub typhus on the island.^[4]