Sunda Islands

Island group in the Malay Archipelago

Greater Sunda Islands

Lesser Sunda Islands

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The Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Sunda) are a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago.^[1]^[2] They consist of the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Administration

The Sunda Islands are divided among five countries: Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. The majority of these islands fall under the jurisdiction of Indonesia. Borneo is split among Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Timor is split between East Timor and Indonesia. Sebatik is split between Indonesia and Malaysia.

List of islands

Greater Sunda Islands
- Borneo
- Java
- Sulawesi
- Sumatra

Lesser Sunda Islands (from west to east)
- Bali
- Lombok
- Sumbawa
- Sumba
- Komodo
- Flores
- Savu
- Rote
- Timor
- Alor Archipelago
- Atauro
- Barat Daya Islands
- Tanimbar Islands

References

^ "Discourse of the Hon. T. S. Raffles. Account of the Sunda Islands and Japan". The Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts. 2: 190–198. 1817. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Google Books.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sunda Islands" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sunda Islands" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Visible earth page on the lesser Sunda islands
(in English and French) Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans is a map from around 1760 featuring the Sunda Islands
Historical 1767 Map of the Sunda Islands | Southeast Asia Digital Library