جزیره تیمور
Also known as Timor Island, Pulau Timor
Timor (; ; ) 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. Mainland Australia is less than 500 km away, separated by the Timor Sea. The island covers an area of .
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Timor is an island located at the southern edge of Maritime Southeast Asia, positioned north of the Timor Sea and named for its easternmost location along the Lesser Sunda Islands chain. It matters geographically because of its strategic position close to mainland Australia (less than 500 km away) and its substantial land area within a key Southeast Asian maritime region.
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Key facts
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- Timor
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- Timor island2.png
- Islands.image_caption
- Timor as seen from space in 1989
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- Timor#Indonesia
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- Location of Timor
- Islands.location
- Southeast Asia
- Islands.area_km2
- 30777
- Islands.rank
- 44th
- Islands.highest_mount
- Ramelau
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2963
- Islands.elevation_ft
- 9720
- Islands.country2
- Timor-Leste
- Islands.country2_largest_city
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On the map
3 mapped locations