Timor

island bordering the south of maritime Southeast Asia and the north of the Australian continental plate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Timor
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Timor is an island at the south end of the Malay Archipelago, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara.

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Topography of Timor
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Satellite image of Timor

The island's surface is 11,883 square miles (30,777 km²). The name is a variant of timur, Malay for “east”; it is so called because it is at the east end of a chain of islands.

9°14′S 124°56′E

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