Islands of Indonesia Islands of Indonesia Gili Motang is a small island in the Malay Archipelago. It is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, which together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west make up the Sunda Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gili Motang"
Gili Trawangan is the largest of Lombok's Gili Islands and is the only one to rise significantly above sea level. It is 3km long and 2km wide with a population of about 800. Of the Gilis, Trawangan has the most tourist facilities; the pub Tîr na Nôg claims that Trawangan is the smallest island in the world with an Irish pub. The most crowded part of Trawangan lies on the eastern side. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gili Trawangan"
The Greater Sunda Islands are a group of islands in the west part of the Malay Archipelago. Islands in the group include: ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Sunda Islands"
Halmahera (also Jilolo or Gilolo) is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Halmahera"
Major islands of Indonesia: ...more on Wikipedia about "Islands of Indonesia"
Java ( Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. It is the most populous island in the world; indeed, it has a larger population than either the continents of Australia or Antarctica (see the list of islands by population). With an area of 132,000 square km, and 127 million inhabitants at 864 people per km² it would, if it were a country, be the second most densely-populated country of the world after Bangladesh, except for some very small city-states. ...more on Wikipedia about "Java (island)"
The Kai Islands (also Kei Islands) of Indonesia are in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands, in Maluku province. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kai Islands"
Kalimantan is the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. It occupies the central and southern regions of the island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kalimantan"
The Kangean Islands, a part of Indonesia, are located in the Java Sea approximately 120 km (75 miles) north of Bali and 120 km east of Madura. The islands are a part of East Java province. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kangean Islands"
The Karimata islands are a chain of small islands off the west coast of Indonesian Borneo, the largest of which is (Pulau) Karimata, being about 20 km across (east-west), and situated at . Karimata has an amazing range of ecosystems, from mangroves and tropical rain forest in the lowlands to montane shrubland on the summit of the c.1000 metre mountain (a spectacular example of the Massenerhebung effect). The mountain is composed of granite. A substantial population of cave swiftlets has historically been the source of birds nests for birds nest soup, but has decreased recently to near extirpation, due to overharvesting by non-indigenous collectors who have been arriving from the mainland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karimata islands"
Karimun is one of the islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia. The island's main city is Tanjung Balai Karimun. As of 1997, the island had a population of 155,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karimun"
Kisar is a small island in the Southwestern Moluccas in Indonesia, to the northeast of Timor Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kisar"
Komodo is an island of Indonesia, one of the places where the Komodo dragon can be found in the wild. ...more on Wikipedia about "Komodo"
Pulau Lembata (the island of Lembata), formerly known as Pulau Lomblen, is a volcanic island located east of Adonara, Solor and Flores. It's part of the Nusa Tenggara Timur province in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. The length of the island is about 80 km from the Southwest to the Northeast and the width is about 30 km from the West to the East. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lembata"
The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lesser Sunda Islands"
The Lingga Islands (Kepulauan Lingga in Bahasa Indonesia) are a group of islands in Indonesia, located south of Singapore, along both sides of the equator, off the eastern coast of Riau province on Sumatra island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lingga Islands"
Lombok ( 1990 pop. 2,403,025) is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It is part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is roughly circular, with a "tail" to the southwest, about 70 km across and a total area of about 4,725 km² (1,825 sq mi). The administrative capital and largest city on the island is Mataram. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lombok"
Madura is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java, near the port of Surabaya. ...more on Wikipedia about "Madura"
The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands or simply Maluku) are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. They are located on the Australian continental plate, lying east of Sulawesi (Celebes), west of New Guinea, and north of Timor. The islands were also historically known as the " Spice Islands" by the Chinese and Europeans, but this term has also been applied to other islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maluku Islands"
The Mentawai Islands are a chain of islands off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mentawai Islands"
Morotai Island (695 sq mi/1,800 km²) is an island located in the Halmahera group of eastern Indonesia's Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is part of North Maluku province, and is one of Indonesia's most northerly islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Morotai" Whatever You're Into, Get Into http://www.shortopedia.com.
The Natuna Islands are a 272-island archipelago of Indonesia, located in the Natuna Sea between east and west Malaysia and Kalimantan. The islands are officially part of the Riau Islands province. Natuna is one of the northernmost island groups of Indonesia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Natuna Islands"
Nias ( Indonesian: Pulau Nias, Nias language: Tanö Niha) is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nias"
Nusa Kambangan (also Nusakambangan, Nusa Kembangan) is an island off the southern coast of Java, near the town of Cilacap in Central Java province. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nusa Kambangan"
The Obi Islands are a group of islands in the Indonesian province of Maluku. The largest in the group is Obi Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Obi Islands"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Islands of Indonesia".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |