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Geography of East Timor
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This article describes the geography of East Timor.
- Location
- Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Ocussi-Ambeno region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor, and the islands of Atauro and Jaco
- Geographic coordinates
- Map references
- Southeast Asia
- Area
- Coastline
- 706 km
- Maritime claims
-
- Contiguous zone: NA nm
- Extended fishing zone: NA nm
- Territorial sea: NA nm
- Exclusive fishing zone: NA nm
- Continental shelf: NA nm
- Exclusive economic zone: NA nm
- Climate
- Tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons
- Terrain
- Mountainous
- Elevation extremes
-
- Lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
- Highest point: Foho Tatamailau 2,963 m
- Lowest point: Timor Sea, Savu Sea, and Banda Sea 0 m
- Natural resources
- Gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble
- Land use
-
- Arable land: NA%
- Permanent crops: NA%
- Other: NA%
- Irrigated land
- 1,065 km² (est.)
- Natural hazards
- Floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones
- Environment - current issues
- Widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion
- Environment - international agreements
- NA
- Geography - note
- Timor is the Malay word for "Orient"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and 2003.
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1 Has some territory in Europe.