This article describes the geography of East Timor. East Timor map from CIA factbook File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Location

Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Ocussi-Ambeno region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco

Geographic coordinates

8°50′S 125°55′E

Map references

Southeast Asia

Area

• Total: 15,007 km²
• Land: NA km²
• Water: NA km²

Land boundaries

• Total: 228 km
• Border countries: Indonesia 228 km

Coastline

706 km

Maritime claims

• Contiguous zone: NA nm
• Extended fishing zone: NA nm
• Territorial sea: NA nm
• Exclusive fishing zone: NA nm
• Continental shelf: NA nm
• Exclusive economic zone: NA nm

Climate

Tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons

Terrain

Mountainous

Elevation extremes

• Lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
  
• Highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m

Natural resources

Gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble

Land use

• Arable land: NA%
• Permanent crops: NA%
• Other: NA%

Irrigated land

1,065 sq km (est.)

Natural hazards

Floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones

Environment - current issues

Widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion

Environment - international agreements

NA

Geography - note

Timor is the Malay word for "Orient"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands

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Reference

• Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and 2003.