Southeast Asia

Brunei Google Maps

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Brunei

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Brunei (BX). Explore Bandar Seri Begawan’s satellite imagery, the capital city of Brunei, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Brunei (GPS: 4 30 N, 114 40 E) is located in Southeastern Asia, along the northern coast of the island of Borneo, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia. The country’s area measurements are total: 5,765 sq km; land: 5,265 sq km, water: 500 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Delaware. The total irrigated land is 10 sq km (2012).

Brunei’s important features are Close to vital sea lanes through the South China Sea linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Malaysia physically separates two parts. The eastern part, the Temburong district, is an exclave and is almost an enclave within Malaysia.

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Cambodia Google Maps

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Cambodia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Cambodia (CB). Explore satellite imagery of Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Cambodia (GPS: 13 00 N, 105 00 E) is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. The country’s area measurements are total: 181,035 sq km; land: 176,515 sq km, water: 4,520 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Oklahoma. The total irrigated land is 3,540 sq km (2012).

One of Cambodia’s essential features: A land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap (Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake).

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Christmas Island Google Maps

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Christmas Island

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Christmas Island (CX). Explore satellite imagery of The Settlement, the capital city of Christmas Island, on Southeast Asia’s Google Maps below.

Christmas Island (GPS: 10 30 S, 105 40 E) is located in Southeastern Asia, an island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia. The country’s area measurements are total: 135 sq km; land: 135 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the essential features of Christmas Island: Located along major sea lanes of the Indian Ocean.

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Hong Kong Google Maps

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Hong Kong

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Hong Kong (HK). Explore N/A’s satellite imagery, the capital city of Hong Kong, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Hong Kong (GPS: 22 15 N, 114 10 E) located in Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,108 sq km; land: 1,073 sq km, water: 35 sq km. This sovereign state is six times the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is 10 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Hong Kong: Consists of a mainland area (the New Territories) and more than 200 islands.

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Indonesia Google Maps

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Indonesia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Indonesia (ID). Explore satellite imagery of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Indonesia (GPS: 5 00 S, 120 00 E) located in Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The country’s area measurements are total: 1,904,569 sq km; land: 1,811,569 sq km, water: 93,000 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than three times the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 67,220 sq km (2012).

One of Indonesia’s essential features: According to Indonesia’s National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping, the total number of islands in the archipelago is 13,466, of which 922 are permanently inhabited (Indonesia is the world’s largest country comprised solely of islands). The country straddles the equator and occupies a strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean. Up to 90% of the world’s earthquakes and some 75% of the world’s volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire. Despite having the fourth largest population in the world, Indonesia is the most heavily forested region on earth after the Amazon.

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Laos Google Maps

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Laos

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Laos (LA). Explore satellite imagery of Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Laos (GPS: 18 00 N, 105 00 E) located in Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam. The country’s area measurements are total: 236,800 sq km; land: 230,800 sq km, water: 6,000 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Utah. The total irrigated land is 3,100 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Laos: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Most of the country is mountainous and thickly forested. The Mekong River forms a large part of the western boundary with Thailand.

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Macau Google Maps

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Macau

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Macau (MO). Explore Macau’s satellite imagery, Macau’s capital city, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Macau (GPS: 22 10 N, 113 33 E) is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China. The country’s area measurements are total: 28.2 sq km; land: 28.2 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is less than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is 0 sq km (2012).

One of the critical features of Macau: Essentially urban. An area of land reclaimed from the sea measuring 5.2 sq km and known as Cotai now connects Coloane and Taipa’s islands. The island area is connected to the mainland peninsula by three bridges.

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Malaysia Google Maps

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Malaysia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Malaysia (MY). Explore satellite imagery of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Malaysia (GPS: 2 30 N, 112 30 E) located in Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam. The country’s area measurements are total: 329,847 sq km; land: 328,657 sq km, water: 1,190 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than New Mexico. The total irrigated land is 3,800 sq km (2012).

Strategic location along the Strait of Malacca and the southern South China Sea.

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Myanmar Google Maps

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Myanmar

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Myanmar (MM, Burma). Explore satellite imagery of Rangoon, the capital city of Burma, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Burma (GPS: 22 00 N, 98 00 E) is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand. The country’s area measurements are total: 676,578 sq km; land: 653,508 sq km, water: 23,070 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Texas. The total irrigated land is 22,950 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Burma: Strategic location near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes. The north-south flowing Irrawaddy River is the country’s largest and most important commercial waterway.

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Philippines Google Maps

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Philippines

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for the Philippines (PH). Explore satellite imagery of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Philippines (GPS: 13 00 N, 122 00 E) located in Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam. The country’s area measurements are total: 300,000 sq km; land: 298,170 sq km, water: 1,830 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than twice the size of Georgia, slightly larger than Arizona. The total irrigated land is 16,270 sq km (2012).

One of the Philippines’ essential features: For decades, the Philippine archipelago was reported as having 7,107 islands. In 2016, the national mapping authority said that hundreds of new islands had been discovered and increased the number of islands to 7,641 – though not all of the new islands verified. The country favorably located to many Southeast Asia’s central water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait.

The Philippines is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean. Up to 90% of the world’s earthquakes and some 75% of the world’s volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire. The Philippines sits astride the Pacific typhoon belt, and an average of 9 typhoons make landfall on the islands each year – with about 5 of these being destructive. The country is the most exposed in the world to tropical storms.

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