Monday, September 7, 2026

Indonesia, Malaysia , And Singapore

 

Indonesia:

  • huge land area; multiple islands; as many as 17,500 islands but only a handful of large islands;
    • five main islands
      • Sumatra
      • Java
      • Sulawesi
      • Borneo 
      • New Guinea
  • geographically
    • westernmost island: Sumatra
    • westernmost island: south of Sumatra (Java)
    • southern half of large island: Bornea Island (third largest island in the world) -- Kalimantan
    • archipelago: large island -- Sulawesi
    • far eastern island, east half -- the whole island is know as New Guinea; island shared with Brunei and Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Indonesia half is known as Papua

Malaysia: very small country in / within region of Indonesia

  • Peninsular Malaysia (extending from Thailand which in turns borders Cambodia, and Vietnam;
  • East Malaysia on northern portion of Bornea

Singapore

  • at the end of peninsular Malaysia
  • a country;
  • a main island;
  • > 60 satellite islands/islets;
  • one outlying islet.

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Indonesia, Malaysia , And Singapore

  Indonesia : huge land area; multiple islands; as many as 17,500 islands but only a handful of large islands; five main islands Sumatra Jav...