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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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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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Papua New Guinea Google Maps

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Papua New Guinea

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Papua New Guinea (PG). Explore satellite imagery of Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea, on the Google Maps of Oceania below.

Papua New Guinea (GPS: 6 00 S, 147 00 E) located in Oceania, a group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia. The country’s area measurements are total: 462,840 sq km; land: 452,860 sq km, water: 9,980 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than California. The total irrigated land is 0 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Papua New Guinea: Shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia. Generally, east-west trending highlands break up New Guinea into diverse ecoregions. One of the world’s most extensive swamps along the southwest coast. Papua New Guinea 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.

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Timor-Leste Google Maps

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Timor-Leste

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Timor-Leste (TL). Explore satellite imagery of Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Timor-Leste (GPS: 8 50 S, 125 55 E) located in Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note – Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco. The country’s area measurements are total: 14,874 sq km; land: 14,874 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Connecticut. The total irrigated land is 350 sq km (2012).

Timor-Leste’s essential features: Timor comes from the Malay word for “east” the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. The district of Oecussi is an exclave separated from Timor-Leste proper by Indonesia.

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