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Greater Sunda Islands

Index Greater Sunda Islands

The Greater Sunda Islands are a group of four large islands within the Malay Archipelago. [1]

29 relations: Banda Arc, Borneo, Brunei, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Island, Java, Kalimantan, Labuan, Lesser Sunda Islands, List of islands of Indonesia, Malay Archipelago, Malaysia, North Kalimantan, Oceanic trench, Plate tectonics, Sabah, Sarawak, South Kalimantan, Southeast Asia, Strait of Malacca, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Sunda Arc, Sunda Islands, Sunda Trench, Sundaland, West Kalimantan.

Banda Arc

The Banda Arc (main arc, Inner, and Outer) is a set of island arcs that exist in eastern Indonesia.

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Borneo

Borneo (Pulau Borneo) is the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.

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Brunei

Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.

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Central Kalimantan

Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah), is a province of Indonesia.

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East Kalimantan

East Kalimantan (Indonesian) is a province of Indonesia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

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Java

Java (Indonesian: Jawa; Javanese: ꦗꦮ; Sundanese) is an island of Indonesia.

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Kalimantan

Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo.

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Labuan

Labuan (Jawi: لابوان), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Jawi: ولايه ڤرسكوتوان لابوان), is a federal territory of Malaysia.

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Lesser Sunda Islands

The Lesser Sunda Islands (Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara "southeastern archipelago" or Kepulauan Sunda Kecil "lesser Sundanese archipelago") are a group of islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia.

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List of islands of Indonesia

The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian archipelago and formerly known as the Indian archipelago, may refer either to the islands comprising the nation-state of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands.

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Malay Archipelago

The Malay Archipelago (Malaysian & Indonesian: Kepulauan Melayu/Nusantara, Tagalog: Kapuluang Malay, Visayan: Kapupud-ang Malay) is the archipelago between mainland Indochina and Australia.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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North Kalimantan

North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara) is a province of Indonesia.

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Oceanic trench

Oceanic trenches are topographic depressions of the sea floor, relatively narrow in width, but very long.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin tectonicus, from the τεκτονικός "pertaining to building") is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3 and 3.5 billion years ago.

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Sabah

Sabah is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo Island.

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Sarawak

Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.

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South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan) is a province of Indonesia.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Strait of Malacca

The Strait of Malacca (Selat Melaka, Selat Malaka; Jawi: سلت ملاک) or Straits of Malacca is a narrow, stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

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Sulawesi

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia that is part of the Sunda Islands.

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Sunda Arc

The Sunda Arc is a volcanic arc that produced the islands of Sumatra and Java, the Sunda Strait and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

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Sunda Islands

The Sunda Islands are a group of islands in the Malay archipelago.

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Sunda Trench

The Sunda Trench, earlier known as and sometimes still indicated as the Java Trench, is an oceanic trench located in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra, formed where the Australian-Capricorn plates subduct under a part of the Eurasian Plate.

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Sundaland

Sundaland (also called the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower.

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West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat, Malay: كليمنتان بارت,; Hakka: Sî-Kâ-lí-màn-tân; Teochew: Sai-Gia-li-man-dang) is a province of Indonesia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Sunda_Islands

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