Covering 2,000 km² with the highest point reaching close to 560 m, Misool is the second largest of the four Raja Ampat Islands. Its geographical remoteness from continental Papua and rugged, deeply bisected and  heavily forested, predominantly limestone karst terrain make this one of the wildest and most visually stunning places in the entire Raja Ampat archipelago. To the north, a coastline of dense and deep mangroves shelter some villages located on the rare beaches fringed with coconut palms. To the east, a labyrinth of toadstool-shaped limestone islets and pinnacles, deeply undercut below the high-tide water surface and covered in luxuriant vegetation, spreads out into a turquoise sea. Seemingly lost or hidden in this paradise are a few pearl farms and small villages.