Under a presidential decree in 2005,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
has categorised 92 geographically isolated and distant
islands
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
as ''pulau terluar'' or "outlying islands". 67 of them are close to a neighbouring country, and 28 are inhabited.
List
Statistics
Bordering countries
Indonesia's outlying islands share borders with the following 9 countries:
Provinces
These outlying islands are located in one of the following 18
provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
:
Potential disputes
According to Indonesia, amongst these outlying islands, 12 might be claimed by another nation:
[''Kompas'' 12 March 2005]
See also
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Foreign relations of Indonesia
Since independence, Indonesian foreign relations have adhered to a "free and active" foreign policy, seeking to play a role in regional affairs commensurate with its size and location but avoiding involvement in conflicts among major powe ...
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Indonesia–Malaysia border
The Indonesia–Malaysia border consists of a 1,881 km (1,169 m) land border that divides the territory of Indonesia and Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It also includes maritime boundaries along the length of the Straits of Malacca, in ...
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Indonesian Small Islands Directory
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Outlying Islands Of Indonesia
Outlying
Outlying
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