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The land and sea area of the archipelago exceeds 2 million km 2. [1] The more than 25,000 islands of the archipelago consist of many smaller archipelagoes. [25] The major island groupings in the Indonesian Archipelago include the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, and the Sunda Islands. The Sunda Islands comprise two island groups: the Greater Sunda ...
Mapun is an island municipality in the Sulu Sea [7] on the south-western extreme of the Philippines, located very close to Sabah, Malaysia as well as to Palawan. The people inhabiting the island are known as Jama Mapun or "people of Mapun". Their local language is Pullun Mapun, which means "Mapun language".
Andaman Island is a 760-acre (3.1 km 2) man-made islet off the northeastern coast of Penang Island in the Malaysian state of Penang. [1] [2] It is located 760 m (2,490 ft) off the shoreline of Penang Island and lies within the jurisdiction of George Town. The Meg and Arica, the first properties on Andaman Island, under construction c. 2024. [3]
It is centered on the largest island of the archipelago, Cuyo Island, with an area of 22 square miles (57 km 2) and is about 9 miles (14 km) long. The 45 islands and islets of the archipelago form a total land area of 50 square miles (130 km 2). [2] Cuyo is divided into two island groups. To the north is the Quiniluban group. To the south is ...
The western terminus of the Malaysia–Philippines boundary as per 1930 treaty. Border rejoins the limits defined by 1898 treaty. Malaysia–Philippines boundary end and turning points according to the 1898 treaty 1 7° 40' 117° 0' This point is also the western terminus of the Malaysia–Philippines boundary as per 1930 treaty. 2 7° 40' 116° 0'
The Balabac Strait (Filipino: Kipot ng Balabak; Malay: Selat Balabak) [1] is one of the straits that connects the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea.It separates Balabac Island (Palawan province), Philippines, from Balambangan and the Banggi Islands north of Borneo that are a part of Malaysia's Sabah state.
As one of the Philippine Turtle Islands the island enjoys the historical distinction of being territory that was not under Philippine administration at the time of independence in 1946. The State of North Borneo, a United Kingdom protectorate, administered the Philippine island. The Republic of the Philippines took over the administration of ...
Pamalican Island, also spelled as Pamalikan, [1] is a small and sandy island [2] of the Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a 7-square-kilometre (2.7 sq mi) coral reef. It has a length of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), and measures ...