Major Islands
- Sunda Islands
- Greater Sunda Islands
- Borneo - divided between Indonesian Kalimantan, Brunei, and Malaysia's states of Sabah and Sarawak.
- Java, formerly Jawa Dwipa.
- Sumatra, formerly Swarna Dwipa.
- Sulawesi, formerly Celebes.
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Greater Sunda Islands
- Maluku Islands
- New Guinea - divided between Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua and the independent nation of Papua New Guinea.
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