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Islands of Indonesia
Indonesia is an archipelago made of 18,108 islands (latest satellite images), whereof about 6,000 are inhabited. Major
islands
of
Indonesia
:
Sumatra
Java
Borneo
(
Kalimantan
part)
Sulawesi
(formerly known as Celebes)
New Guinea
(western half; eastern half is the independent country of
Papua New Guinea
)
Other Indonesian islands:
Madura
Halmahera
Amboinia
Riau islands
Nusa Tenggara Islands or Lesser Sunda Islands
Bali
Sumbawa
Sumba
Flores
Lombok
Timor
(western half; eastern half is the independent country of
East Timor
)
Maluku Islands
(or Moluccas)
Ambon
Bacan
Banda Islands
Buru
Saparua
Seram