Destination guide — Indonesia

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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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