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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SUNDA ISLANDS , the collective name of the islands in the See also:

MALAY

Malay See also:

ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago which extend from the, Malay See also:

Peninsula to the See also:

MOLUCCAS, or SPICE ISLANDS

Moluccas. They are divided into the See also:

GREAT

Great Sunda Islands—i.e. See also:

SUMATRA

Sumatra, See also:

JAVA

Java, See also:

BORNEO

Borneo, See also:

CELEBES

Celebes, See also:

BANKA (BANCA, BANGKA)

Banka and See also:

BILLITON (Dutch Blitoeng)

Billiton, with their adjacent islands—and the Little Sunda Islands, of which the more important are See also:

BALI

Bali, See also:

LOMBOK (called by the natives Sasak)

Lombok, See also:

SUMBAWA (Dutch Soembawa)

Sumbawa, See also:

FLORES

Flores, See also:

SUMBA (TJENDANA, or SANDALWOOD)

Sumba and See also:

Timor. Sunda Strait is the channel separating Sumatra from Java and uniting the See also:

INDIAN

Indian Ocean with the Java See also:

Sea. It is 15 1n. broad between the See also:

south-eastern extremity of Sumatra and the See also:

TOWN

town of Anjer in Java. In the See also:

MIDDLE

middle is the See also:

low-lying well-wooded See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

DWARS

Dwars-in-den-Weg (" right in the way "), otherwise Middle Island or Sungian. In 1883 Sunda Strait was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the most terrific results of the eruption of See also:

KRAKATOA (KRAKATAO, KRAKATAU)

Krakatoa (q.v.), a volcanic island further See also:

west in the strait.

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