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The Sunda Islands are a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago.[1]
They are further divided into the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Administration
The Sunda Islands are divided between four countries, namely Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia and Malaysia. The majority of these islands fall under the jurisdiction of Indonesia. Borneo is divided between Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Timor Island is divided between East Timor and Indonesia. Two small islands also belong to East Timor.
List of islands
- Lesser Sunda Islands (from west to east)
Wildlife
Wildlife present in the Sunda Islands include:
See also
- Banda Arc
- Komodo (island)
- List of islands of Indonesia
- Sunda Arc
- Sundaland
- Sunda Trench
References
- ^ For an early English-language account see "Account of the Sunda Islands and Japan : discourse of the Hon. T.S. Raffles" pp. [190]-198, from the Quarterly journal of science articles, vol. 2 (1817); or Journal of science and the arts, Vol. 2 (1817).
- ^ Stuart, B.; Thy, N.; Chan-Ard, T.; Nguyen, T. Q.; Grismer, L.; Auliya, M.; Das, I.; Wogan, G. (2018). "Python reticulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2018: e.T183151A1730027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T183151A1730027.en.
- ^ "Komodo dragon | Facts, Habitat, Bite, & Venom". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
External links
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. 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