Question

Give the names of the islands that form the Malay archipelago.

Answer 1

Hint:
The Malay or the Indian Archipelago is the extensive group of islands. These are occupying the space between south-eastern Asia and Australia. It divides the Indian sub-continent from the Pacific Ocean.

Complete solution:
The islands that form the Malay Archipelago are:
1. Borneo,
2. Sumatra, Java,
3. New Guinea,
4. Sulawesi,
5. Luzon,
6. Mindanao,
7. Pulau Ubin
8. Pulau Ujong

Additional Information:
There are more than 17,000 islands in Indonesia and the approximately 7,000 islands in the Philippines. The regional name of the East Indies is also used as the synonym for the archipelago. New Guinea is generally included in the Malay Archipelago. It is spread through the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the northwest and the Bismarck Archipelago in the east. The main islands and groups of the Republic of Indonesia are including the Greater Sundas and Lesser Sundas. Greater Sundas contains Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Celebes. The Lesser Sundas includes the Moluccas and western New Guinea. Other islands of the Philippines are Luzon (north), Mindanao (south), and the Visayas in between. Other main islands in the archipelago are East Malaysia including Sabah and Sarawak, Brunei, and Papua New Guinea.

Note:
Malaysia consists of the two geographical regions divided by the South China Sea. Peninsular Malaysia (also known as West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand in the north and Singapore in the south. The Malaysian Borneo (also known as East Malaysia) is located on the northern part of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea. It is bordering Indonesia and surrounding the Sultanate of Brunei.