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Encyclopedia > Greater Sunda Islands

The Greater Sunda Islands are a group of islands in the west part of the Malay Archipelago. Islands in the group include: The Malay Archipelago refers to the vast group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia (Indochina) and Australia. ...

The group is politically split between Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Borneo (politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. ... Map of Java Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Flag of Sulawesi Map of Sulawesi pictures by Julianto Halim Sulawesi (or Celebes) is a large Indonesian island. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ...


They can be contrasted with the Lesser Sunda Islands to the east, and together with them make up the Sunda Islands. Categories: Islands of Indonesia | Southeast Asia geography stubs | Indonesia geography stubs ... The Sunda Islands are a group of islands in west part of the Indonesian Archipelago. ...


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Greater Sunda Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (107 words)
The Greater Sunda Islands are a group of islands on the western part of the Malay Archipelago.
Islands included in the group are Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and Sumatra.
They can be contrasted with the Lesser Sunda Islands to the east, and together with them make up the Sunda Islands.
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