Indian OceanTimor-Leste and Indonesia
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Lesser Sunda Islands
Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara
Part of Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands, now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands in Indonesia, is an archipelago in the Indonesian archipelago and Timor Leste. Most of the Lesser Sunda Islands are located within the Wallacea region, except for the Bali province which is west of the Wallace Line and is within the Sunda Shelf.

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Overview
The Lesser Sunda Islands, now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands in Indonesia, is an archipelago in the Indonesian archipelago and Timor Leste. Most of the Lesser Sunda Islands are located within the Wallacea region, except for the Bali province which is west of the Wallace Line and is within the Sunda Shelf. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west, they make up the Sunda Islands. The islands are part of a volcanic arc, the Sunda Arc, formed by subduction along the Sunda Trench in the Java Sea. In 1930 the population was 3,460,059; today over 17 million people live on the islands. Etymologically, the name Nusa Tenggara means 'Southeast Islands' from the words nusa meaning 'island' and tenggara meaning 'southeast'. The main Lesser Sunda Islands are, from west to east: Bali, Kangean Islands, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Savu, Rote, Timor, Atauro, Alor archipelago, Barat Daya Islands, and Tanimbar Islands. Apart from the eastern half of Timor island and Atauro island which constitute the nation of Timor Leste, all the other islands are part of Indonesia.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands5
- Minor islands226
- Islets623
- Rocks & skerries209
Major islands
Timor
- Area
- 28,560 km²
- High point
- 2,963 m
Timor (Indonesian: Pulau Timor; Portuguese: Ilha de Timor; Tetun: Illa Timór) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Sumbawa
- Area
- 14,406 km²
- High point
- 2,690 m
Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast.
Flores
- Area
- 13,993 km²
- High point
- 2,367 m
Flores ( FLOR-ess) is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Administratively, it forms the largest island in the East Nusa Tenggara Province. The area is 14,250 km2 (5,500 sq mi), similar to Shikoku or Jamaica.
Sumba
- Area
- 10,902 km²
- High point
- 1,225 m
Sumba (Indonesian: Pulau Sumba), natively also spelt as Humba, Hubba, Suba, or Zuba (in Sumba languages) is an Indonesian island (part of the Lesser Sunda Archipelago group) located in the Eastern Indonesia and administratively part of the East Nusa Tenggara provincial territory.
Lombok
- Area
- 4,535 km²
- High point
- 3,726 m
Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east.
Minor islands

Bali
- Area
- 5,370 km²
- High point
- 3,031 m

Alor Island
- Area
- 2,114 km²
- High point
- 1,821 m

Lembata
- Area
- 1,248 km²
- High point
- 1,621 m

Rote Island
- Area
- 1,206 km²
- High point
- 452 m

Pantar
- Area
- 730 km²
- High point
- 1,336 m

Adonara
- Area
- 506 km²
- High point
- 1,658 m
Sawu
- Area
- 421 km²
- High point
- 350 m

Moyo Island
- Area
- 330 km²
- High point
- 531 m

Komodo
- Area
- 318 km²
- High point
- 808 m
Semau Island
- Area
- 220 km²
- High point
- 40 m

Solor
- Area
- 217 km²
- High point
- 863 m

Rinca
- Area
- 205 km²
- High point
- 735 m

Nusapenida Island
- Area
- 196 km²
- High point
- 528 m

Sanghyang Island
- Area
- 154 km²
- High point
- 1,949 m
Atauro
- Area
- 140 km²
- High point
- 984 m
Kisar
- Area
- 80.5 km²
- High point
- 236 m
Pulau Besar
- Area
- 51.1 km²
- High point
- 919 m
Palue Island
- Area
- 39.6 km²
- High point
- 875 m
Pulau Raijua
- Area
- 37.8 km²
- High point
- 168 m
Pulau Ngali
- Area
- 32.7 km²
- High point
- 257 m

Pura Island
- Area
- 27.7 km²
- High point
- 1,015 m
Gili Banta Island
- Area
- 25.5 km²
- High point
- 370 m
Pulau Liang
- Area
- 23.7 km²
- High point
- 302 m
Lirang Island
- Area
- 23.2 km²
- High point
- 416 m
Pulau Rakit
- Area
- 22.9 km²
- High point
- 89 m
Pulau Usu
- Area
- 18.5 km²
- High point
- 118 m
Pulau Mules
- Area
- 18.3 km²
- High point
- 549 m

Ndana Island
- Area
- 14.2 km²
- High point
- 49 m

Kangge Island
- Area
- 13.8 km²
- High point
- 187 m
Rusa Island
- Area
- 13.6 km²
- High point
- 330 m

Padar Besar Island
- Area
- 13.3 km²
- High point
- 250 m
Medang Island
- Area
- 10.4 km²
- High point
- 29 m
Pulau Ende
- Area
- 10.2 km²
- High point
- 458 m

Nusa Lembongan
- Area
- 9.2 km²
- High point
- 56 m
Ndao Island
- Area
- 8.9 km²
- High point
- 52 m
Motang Island
- Area
- 8.9 km²
- High point
- 440 m
Nusa Kode Besarsa
- Area
- 7.2 km²
- High point
- 390 m
Pulau Landu
- Area
- 7.2 km²
- High point
- 91 m
Seraya Besar Island
- Area
- 6.9 km²
- High point
- 186 m
Gili Sulat
- Area
- 6.5 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Pulau Pemana
- Area
- 6.3 km²
- High point
- 86 m
Halura Island
- Area
- 6.1 km²
- High point
- 311 m
Serangan Island
- Area
- 5.9 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Pulau Nuse
- Area
- 5.7 km²
- High point
- 28 m
Kelapa Island
- Area
- 5.4 km²
- High point
- 159 m
Pulau Komba
- Area
- 5.2 km²
- High point
- 748 m
Satonda Island
- Area
- 4.8 km²
- High point
- 292 m
Pulau Babi
- Area
- 4.7 km²
- High point
- 338 m
Pulau Belang
- Area
- 4.6 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 4.1 km²
- High point
- 21 m
Gili Lawang
- Area
- 4 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Pulau Longos
- Area
- 3.8 km²
- High point
- 34 m
Ternate Island
- Area
- 3.8 km²
- High point
- 432 m
Sukun Island
- Area
- 3.7 km²
- High point
- 254 m
Pulau Dambila
- Area
- 3.7 km²
- High point
- 198 m
Treweng Island
- Area
- 3.7 km²
- High point
- 373 m

Gili Trawangan
- Area
- 3.5 km²
- High point
- 79 m
Batang Island
- Area
- 3.5 km²
- High point
- 246 m
Pulau Dangar-besar
- Area
- 3.1 km²
- High point
- 107 m
Gili Gede
- Area
- 3.1 km²
- High point
- 120 m

Nusa Ceningan
- Area
- 3 km²
- High point
- 110 m
Pulau Ontoloe
- Area
- 2.8 km²
- High point
- 112 m
Nisa Sanae
- Area
- 2.8 km²
- High point
- 119 m
Pulau Banawaya
- Area
- 2.5 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Nusa Manuk
- Area
- 2.5 km²
- High point
- 40 m
Lapang Island
- Area
- 2.4 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Sabayor Besar Island
- Area
- 2.3 km²
- High point
- 225 m
Pulau Sababi
- Area
- 2.3 km²
- High point
- 130 m
Pulau Dempu
- Area
- 2.1 km²
- High point
- 238 m
Siaba Besar Island
- Area
- 2.1 km²
- High point
- 150 m
Pulau Buaya
- Area
- 2.1 km²
- High point
- 92 m
Papagaran Besar Island
- Area
- 2 km²
- High point
- 120 m
Kambing Island
- Area
- 2 km²
- High point
- 92 m
Pulau Sabaru
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Pulau Kalong
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 107 m
Pulau Panjang
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 6 m
Gili Nae
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 55 m
Pulau Range
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 78 m

Gili Meno
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Gili Lawa Laut Island
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- High point
- 169 m

Gili Air
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- High point
- 17 m
Pulau Doo
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- High point
- 10 m
Pulau Kambing
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- High point
- 83 m
Gili Lawa Darat Island
- Area
- 1.5 km²
- High point
- 202 m
Tala Island
- Area
- 1.5 km²
- High point
- 288 m
Pulau Matagateh
- Area
- 1.4 km²
- High point
- 75 m
Manggudu Island
- Area
- 1.4 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Pulau Sabalana
- Area
- 1.4 km²
- High point
- 16 m
Pulau Saringi
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- High point
- 10 m
Pulau Ketapan
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- High point
- 42 m
Pulau Balobaloang Lompo
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Pulau Konga
- Area
- 1.2 km²
- High point
- 250 m
Pulau Cirelung
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 93 m
Pulau Lamuruang
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 12 m
Gili Asahan
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 100 m
Pulau Sapuka Lompo
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Pelokan Lompo Island
- Area
- 1 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Punya Island
- Area
- 0.97 km²
- High point
- 84 m
Pulau Pungu Besar
- Area
- 0.96 km²
- High point
- 130 m
Pulau Tabui
- Area
- 0.96 km²
- High point
- 10 m
Dana Island
- Area
- 0.83 km²
- High point
- 31 m
Pulau Matalaang
- Area
- 0.78 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Mangitan Island
- Area
- 0.76 km²
- High point
- 90 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.75 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Pulau Tugas
- Area
- 0.72 km²
- High point
- 115 m
Pulau Serai
- Area
- 0.71 km²
- High point
- 60 m
Sebayur Kecil Island
- Area
- 0.71 km²
- High point
- 95 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.68 km²
- High point
- 28 m
Bajo Island
- Area
- 0.67 km²
- High point
- 96 m
Pulau Sumanga
- Area
- 0.65 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Pulau Rohbong
- Area
- 0.63 km²
- High point
- 80 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.62 km²
- High point
- 29 m
Gili Layar
- Area
- 0.62 km²
- High point
- 46 m
Gili Bajo
- Area
- 0.58 km²
- High point
- 41 m
Pulau Kera
- Area
- 0.56 km²
- High point
- 7 m
Pulau Sanipa
- Area
- 0.56 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Pulau Purung
- Area
- 0.54 km²
- High point
- 53 m
Pulau Dengka
- Area
- 0.54 km²
- High point
- 34 m
Langkoi Island
- Area
- 0.52 km²
- High point
- 154 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.52 km²
- High point
- 75 m
Sika Island
- Area
- 0.51 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Kura Island
- Area
- 0.51 km²
- High point
- 18 m
Sabolon Besar Island
- Area
- 0.51 km²
- High point
- 130 m
Kepa Island
- Area
- 0.48 km²
- High point
- 68 m
Situri Island
- Area
- 0.48 km²
- High point
- 115 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.47 km²
- High point
- 8 m
Tatawa Island
- Area
- 0.46 km²
- High point
- 85 m
Batu Bilah Island
- Area
- 0.44 km²
- High point
- 116 m
Pulau Pasaran
- Area
- 0.44 km²
- High point
- 33 m
Pulau Pemana-kecil
- Area
- 0.43 km²
- High point
- 67 m
Pulau Kembanglemari
- Area
- 0.42 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.41 km²
- High point
- 100 m
Tengah Besar Island
- Area
- 0.39 km²
- High point
- 126 m
Nusa Lai
- Area
- 0.39 km²
- High point
- 53 m
Pulau Kelapa
- Area
- 0.39 km²
- High point
- 146 m
Pulau Longkoitang
- Area
- 0.38 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Seraja Kecil Island
- Area
- 0.38 km²
- High point
- 39 m
Pulau Makarangana
- Area
- 0.37 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Pulau Balobaloang Caddi
- Area
- 0.37 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Lengah Island
- Area
- 0.36 km²
- High point
- 113 m
Pulau Sanane Lompo
- Area
- 0.35 km²
- High point
- 12 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.32 km²
- High point
- 7 m
Nusa Boti
- Area
- 0.32 km²
- High point
- 41 m
Padar Kecil Island
- Area
- 0.32 km²
- High point
- 119 m
Pulau Tinggalungang
- Area
- 0.31 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Pulau Rea
- Area
- 0.31 km²
- High point
- 34 m
Pulau Boleng
- Area
- 0.31 km²
- High point
- 65 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.3 km²
- High point
- 141 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.3 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Muang Island
- Area
- 0.3 km²
- High point
- 66 m
Nisa Sura
- Area
- 0.29 km²
- High point
- 79 m
Pulau Pangabatang
- Area
- 0.29 km²
- High point
- 23 m
Pulau Kambing
- Area
- 0.28 km²
- High point
- 108 m
Pulau Parumaan
- Area
- 0.28 km²
- High point
- 50 m
Gili Torobero
- Area
- 0.27 km²
- High point
- 32 m
Pulau Laiya
- Area
- 0.27 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Gili Sudak
- Area
- 0.26 km²
- High point
- 28 m
Kanawa Island
- Area
- 0.25 km²
- High point
- 80 m
Pulau Bangkobangkoang
- Area
- 0.24 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Pulau Bajo
- Area
- 0.24 km²
- High point
- 42 m
Gili Bugis Laut Island
- Area
- 0.24 km²
- High point
- 126 m
Pulau Manukang
- Area
- 0.23 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Seture Island
- Area
- 0.23 km²
- High point
- 86 m
Pulau Kaung
- Area
- 0.23 km²
- High point
- 9 m
Pulau Ayertawar
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- High point
- 10 m
Baleh Island
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- High point
- 120 m
Pulau Kramat
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- High point
- 8 m
Pulau Sanane Caddi
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- High point
- 9 m
Gili Rengit
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Gili Kebo
- Area
- 0.21 km²
- High point
- 32 m
Pulau Sesai
- Area
- 0.21 km²
- High point
- 72 m
Gili Sarang
- Area
- 0.21 km²
- High point
- 110 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.21 km²
Pulau Lilikang
- Area
- 0.2 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Gili Tangkong
- Area
- 0.19 km²
- High point
- 40 m
Pulau Papagaran Kecil
- Area
- 0.18 km²
- High point
- 51 m
Kukusan Besar Island
- Area
- 0.18 km²
- High point
- 165 m
Pulau Intan Besar
- Area
- 0.18 km²
- High point
- 61 m
Bidadari Island
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- High point
- 26 m
Nusa Ginggo
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 40 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 21 m
Nusa Namuderat
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 30 m
Kalong Island
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Gili Kapal
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 7 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 6 m
Pulau Jelopang
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 29 m
Pulau Sarege
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 12 m
Batek Island
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 71 m
Gili Nanggu
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 21 m
Suleman Island
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 51 m
Nusa Segadong Island
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 83 m
Pulau Sarabu
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Gili Meringkik
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Pulau Pamolikang
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Rocks & skerries
On the chart above, at its closest zooms.
Listing 200 of 1063; the rest are on the chart.
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Photographs

Banta island (one of the Lesser Sunda Islands) in Indonesia.
Oliver Dodd (oliver.dodd on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverdodd/ / CC BY 2.0

Banta island (one of the Lesser Sunda Islands) in Indonesia.
Oliver Dodd (oliver.dodd on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverdodd/ / CC BY 2.0

Cliff coast of one of the Lesser Sunda islands in Indonesia at sunset. On the top of the island is a labuhanbajo tree.
Oliver Dodd (oliver.dodd on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverdodd/ / CC BY 2.0

Lombok Island and Mount Rinjani under clouds. Gili Meno Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Maumere, Nusa Tenggara Timur.



The little town of Bajawa, surrounded by by volcanos and rainforest.

Rock flow

Maumere, Nusa Tenggara Timur.

Taken at Walakeri Beach, Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara

Foto ini diambil diperjalanan menuju puncak Gili Lawa Darat di Kepulauan Komodo pada tahun 2015. Warna air yang bergradasi, hamparan bukit gersang yang menawan membuat akan membuat kita semua ingin kembali ke NTT.
Sources
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Photographs
- Banta island in Indonesia - 2013-08-29. Oliver Dodd (oliver.dodd on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverdodd/ / CC BY 2.0
- Banta island in Indonesia - 2013-08-30. Oliver Dodd (oliver.dodd on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverdodd/ / CC BY 2.0
- Cliff coast of one of the Lesser Sunda islands in Indonesia. Oliver Dodd (oliver.dodd on Flickr) https://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverdodd/ / CC BY 2.0
- Lombok Island and Mount Rinjani under clouds, Gili Islands, Indonesia. Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0
- Maumere. Triy Purnama / CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Silo Maumere. Triy Purnama / CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Siang Terik di Gili Lawa Darat. Elsa Primadita / CC BY-SA 4.0