Jaco Island

View over tropical dry forest to coastal strand vegetation on Jaco Island
View over tropical dry forest to coastal strand vegetation on the island
Location in East Timor
Location in East Timor
Jaco Island
Location in East Timor
Geography
LocationBanda Sea (Wetar Strait), Timor Sea
Coordinates8°25′30″S 127°19′30″E / 8.425°S 127.325°E / -8.425; 127.325
ArchipelagoTimor Archipelago (within the Lesser Sunda Islands)
Area8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Length4,2 km (26.1 mi)
Highest elevation100 m (300 ft)
Administration
Demographics
Population0 (2024)

Jaco Island (Portuguese: Ilha de Jaco, Tetum: Illa Jako, Fataluku: Totina or Tontina) is an uninhabited island in East Timor, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia. It lies off the eastern tip with Cape Cutcha of the island of Timor (Aldeia Pitileti, Suco Tutuala, administrative post Tutuala, municipality Lautém).