Malay Archipelago

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archipelago geographical region island group

The Malay Archipelago is the world’s largest group of islands, spanning between mainland Southeast Asia and Australia and encompassing modern nations such as Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

Aliases (5)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago → geographical region → island group →
alsoKnownAs	Insulindia → Maritime Southeast Asia →
borders	Arafura Sea → Banda Sea → Celebes Sea → Indian Ocean → Java Sea → Pacific Ocean → Philippine Sea → South China Sea → Timor Sea →
characterizedBy	high biodiversity → tropical rainforest climate → volcanic activity →
contains	Brunei → East Timor → Indonesia → Malaysia → Papua New Guinea (western islands)? → Philippines → Singapore →
crossedBy	Wallace Line → Weber Line →
describedIn	"The Malay Archipelago" (book) →
historicallyKnownFor	maritime trade routes → spice trade →
includesIsland	Borneo → Java → Luzon → Mindanao → New Guinea → Sulawesi → Sumatra →
includesIslandGroup	Lesser Sunda Islands → Moluccas → Sulu Archipelago →
languageFamiliesSpoken	Austronesian languages →
largestIsland	New Guinea →
liesOn	Pacific Ring of Fire →
locatedBetween	Australia → mainland Southeast Asia →
locatedIn	Southeast Asia →
majorReligions	Buddhism → Christianity → Hinduism → Islam →
partOf	Asia-Pacific region → tropical zone →
secondLargestIsland	Borneo →
studiedBy	Alfred Russel Wallace →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bandar Lampung → Banjarmasin → Gorontalo → Gulf of Boni → Kendari → Palu → Pontianak → Samarinda → Timor (western part) →	locatedInArchipelago
Borneo → Greater Sunda Islands ("Sunda Islands") → Greater Sunda Islands → Indonesian archipelago → Lake Toba → Malay Peninsula →	partOf
Celebes → Maluku Islands → Sumatra → Sunda Strait → Wallace Line →	locatedIn
Malayic languages → Middle Javanese ("Island Southeast Asia") → Proto-Javanese ("Island Southeast Asia") →	region
Maritime Southeast Asia ("Island Southeast Asia") → Maritime Southeast Asia ("Insular Southeast Asia") →	alsoKnownAs
Island Life ("The Malay Archipelago") →	authorAlsoWrote
Flores ("Sunda Islands") →	belongsTo
Indian Ocean trade network →	connectedRegion
Southeast Asia →	contains
Malay Archipelago (""The Malay Archipelago" (book)") →	describedIn
Maritime Southeast Asia →	hasMajorArchipelago
Pacific Islands ("Island Southeast Asia") →	hasSubregion
Srivijaya Empire →	influencedRegion
Bali Sea →	isInArchipelago
Francis Xavier →	missionaryRegion
Alfred Russel Wallace ("The Malay Archipelago") →	notableWork
Malay world →	overlapsWith