Greater Sunda Islands

Greater Sunda Islands

Infobox Islands
name = Greater Sunda Islands


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location = South East Asia
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archipelago = Sunda Islands
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country = Brunei
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country 1 = Indonesia
country 2 = Malaysia
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ethnic groups = The Greater Sunda Islands are a group of islands within the Malay Archipelago. Islands included in the group are (west to east) Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9070346/Sunda-Islands Sulawesi belongs in fact to the Greater Sunda Islands] and adjacent smaller islands. The group is politically split between Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

They can be contrasted with the Lesser Sunda Islands to the east, and together with them make up the Sunda Islands.

ee also

* Islands of Indonesia
* Lesser Sunda Islands
* Malay Archipelago

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