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fiogf49gjkf0d INDONESIA IS SITUATED BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND COVERS OVER 5,120KM. THE COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF 13,675 ISLANDS MAKING IT THE LARGEST ARCHIPELAGIC COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. IT IS BORDERED BY THE INDIAN OCEAN IN THE SOUTH AND WEST BY PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND THE ARAFUA SEA IN THE EAST. THE REMAINING REGIONS OF THE NORTH ARE SURROUNDED BY THE ANDAMON SEA, STRAIT OF MALACCA, SOUTH CHINA SEA, CELEBES SEA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. INDONESIA IS THE MOST VOLCANIC COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 400 VOLCANOES MOST OF WHICH ARE EXTINCT OR DORMANT. PUNCAK JAYA 5200M AND KERINCI VOLCANO AT 3950M ARE THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS IN THE COUNTRY. KRAKOTOA VOLCANO IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOW VOLCANOES IN THE WORLD. THE COUNTRY CONSISTS OF SUN-DRENCHED PLAINS, HIGH VOLCANOES, DARK FORESTS AND GREEN FIELDS.
INDONESIA IS MADE UP OF SIX MAIN ISLANDS - SUMATRA, JAVA, SULAWESI, BALI, KALIMANTAN (PART OF THE ISLAND OF BORNEO) AND IRIAN JAYA (THE WESTERN HALF OF NEW GUINEA).
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