Claim: The Balabalagan Islands are an archipelago in Indonesia, which are difficult ot navigate due to shallow channels and a coral reef under the islands, but are fertile for fishing.
Evidence: Balabalagan Islands (also spelled Bala Balakang and historically known as Little Paternoster Islands) are an archipelago and a subdistrict of Mamuju Regency located in the Makassar Strait off the east coast of Kalimantan (Borneo), halfway between it and Sulawesi, Indonesia. The islands rest on a coral reef, itself placed on an undersea bank which extends out from Kalimantan, presenting a major hazard to navigation; the Admiralty Pilot has warned that "No vessel should venture among [them] without local knowledge." In the 19th century, the islands were recorded as numbering 14, with the largest named Sebunkatang; the channels were shallow and unnavigable, but provided a fertile fishing ground for the island natives, called Biajoo.