Maritime Southeast Asia

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cultural region geographical region subregion of Southeast Asia

Maritime Southeast Asia is the island-dominated subregion of Southeast Asia, including countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia (eastern part), Brunei, Singapore, and Timor-Leste, characterized by extensive archipelagos and maritime trade routes.

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Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region → geographical region → subregion of Southeast Asia →
alsoKnownAs	Insular Southeast Asia → Island Southeast Asia →
borders	Banda Sea → Celebes Sea → Indian Ocean → Java Sea → Pacific Ocean → Philippine Sea → South China Sea →
characterizedBy	archipelagos → high biodiversity → maritime trade routes → tropical climate → volcanic islands →
crossedBy	Lombok Strait → Makassar Strait → Singapore Strait → Strait of Malacca → Sunda Strait →
hasDominantReligion	Islam →
hasEconomicActivity	fisheries → petroleum extraction → shipping → tourism →
hasHistoricalEmpire	Majapahit → Srivijaya → Sultanate of Malacca →
hasHistoricalTradeRoute	Maritime Silk Road → Spice trade routes → Srivijaya-era trade network →
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian languages →
hasMajorArchipelago	Indonesian Archipelago → Malay Archipelago → Philippine Archipelago →
hasReligion	Buddhism → Christianity → Hinduism → indigenous religions →
includesCountry	Brunei → Indonesia → Malaysia → Philippines → Singapore → Timor-Leste →
includesPartOfCountry	East Malaysia → Sabah → Sarawak →
locatedIn	Asia → tropics →
partOf	Southeast Asia →
strategicFor	global maritime trade →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bali Strait → Celebes → Kalimantan → Madura Strait → Majapahit Empire → Makassar Strait → Malay world → Oecusse → Timor (western part) →	locatedIn
Battle of the Makassar Strait → Java Sea → Kawi (Old Javanese) ("Island Southeast Asia") → Kawi language → Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup → South Banda languages subgroup → Thailand ("Mainland Southeast Asia") → Timor–Babar languages →	region
Greater Sunda Islands → Gulf of Boni → Indonesian archipelago → Philippine Archipelago → Spratly Islands →	partOf
Austronesian languages → Austronesian languages ("Island Southeast Asia") →	geographicDistribution
Malayic languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages →	spokenIn
Malay Archipelago →	alsoKnownAs
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages →	arealMacroregion
U.S. Pacific Fleet ("Southeast Asia maritime regions") →	areaOfResponsibility
Southeast Asia →	hasSubregion
Bali Sea →	oceanographicRegion