Sunda Islands

The Sunda Islands are an island group in Southeast Asia comprising the Greater Sunda Islands and Lesser Sunda Islands, chiefly within Indonesia.

Greater Sunda Islands: A group of large Southeast Asian islands comprising Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Sulawesi. These four major islands form the western and northern part of the Sunda Islands.
Sunda Shelf: A shallow continental shelf beneath the South China Sea and Java Sea, exposed during periods of low sea level. Its submerged land connected western islands during ice ages.
Bali: An Indonesian island east of Java, known for its Hindu cultural traditions and tourism. Bali is a prominent western island of the Lesser Sunda chain.
Java Sea: A shallow sea between the Indonesian islands of Java, Borneo, and Sumatra. It formed a maritime corridor among the western islands and surrounding coasts.
Lesser Sunda Islands: An island chain extending east from Bali through the islands of Nusa Tenggara. This chain forms the eastern part of the Sunda Islands.
Wallacea: A biogeographic region of Indonesian islands between the Asian and Australian continental shelves. It separates the Sunda Shelf islands from islands farther east.
Lombok: An Indonesian island east of Bali, separated from it by the Lombok Strait. Lombok illustrates the close spacing and deep-water boundaries of the Lesser Sundas.
Makassar Strait: A strait between Borneo and Sulawesi connecting the Celebes Sea with the Java Sea. It is a major passage through the Greater Sunda Islands.
Nusa Tenggara: An Indonesian island chain extending from Bali to Timor. It is the Indonesian name for much of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Wallace Line: A biogeographic boundary separating Asian and Australasian animal distributions through Indonesia. It marks a sharp faunal transition across the archipelago.

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