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Greater Sunda Islands

group of four islands in the Malayo-Indonesian Archipelago
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Summary

Greater Sunda Islands is an island group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of island group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,739 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Brunei[3], Malaysia[4], Indonesia[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Indian Ocean[6]
  • Part of: Sunda Islands[7]
  • Commons category: Greater Sunda Islands[8]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+07:00[9]
  • Highest point: Mount Kota Kinabalu[10]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Sunda Islands[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Greater Sunda Islands[12]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
  • Elevation above sea level: 28 m[15]
  • Area: 1,500,000 km²[16]

Why It Matters

Greater Sunda Islands has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Belitung Island Brunei Indonesia Java Madura Island Malaysia Nias Island Sulawesi Sumatra

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Greater Sunda Islands
    Located in time zone → UTC+07:00
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 0, 'lon': 110}
    Part of → Sunda Islands
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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