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This is a list of islands of Malaysia. According to the Department of Survey and Mapping, Malaysia, there are 878 islands in the country. The state of Sabah has the most islands with 394 islands within its waters. [1] Apart from that, Malaysia also has 510 offshore geographical features which include rocks, sandbanks and ridges. [2]
334,671 km 2 (129,217 sq mi) The geography of Malaysia includes both the physical and the human geography of Malaysia, a Southeast Asian country made up of two major landmasses separated by water— Peninsular Malaysia to the west and East Malaysia to the east—and numerous smaller islands that surround those landmasses.
Malay Archipelago. The Malay Archipelago ( Indonesian / Malay: Kepulauan Melayu, Filipino: Kapuluang Malayo) also called Insulindia or the Indo-Australian Archipelago is the archipelago between Mainland Southeast Asia and Australia. It has also been called the " Malay world ," "Nusantara", "East Indies", and other names over time.
Topographic map of Malaysia; Mount Kinabalu is the highest summit in the country. Malaysia is the 66th largest country by total land area, with a total area of 330,803 km 2 (127,724 sq mi). It has land borders with Thailand in West Malaysia, and Indonesia and Brunei in East Malaysia. It is linked to Singapore by a narrow causeway and a bridge.
The entire island falls under the city of George Town, which also administers the surrounding islets. Geography Map of Penang Island surveyed by Commander F C P Vereker in 1884. With an area of 295 km 2 (114 sq mi), Penang Island is the fourth largest island in Malaysia, after Banggi Island, Bruit Island and Langkawi Island.
The Malay Peninsula [a] is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar ( Kawthaung ). The island country of Singapore also has ...
Langkawi, officially known by its sobriquet Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah (Malay: Langkawi Permata Kedah), is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands (plus five small islands visible only at low tide in the Strait of Malacca) located some 30 km off the coast of northwestern Malaysia and a few kilometres south of Ko Tarutao, adjacent to the Thai border.
East Malaysia. Coordinates: 3°N 114°E. East Malaysia comprises the states of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as the federal territory of Labuan. Political map of the island of Borneo, with East Malaysia shown in orange. East Malaysia ( Malay: Malaysia Timur ), or the Borneo States, [1] also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia on and ...