Geography of East Timor
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 Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco
- 8° 50′ S, 125° 55′ E
- Total: 15,007 km²
- Land: NA km²
- Water: NA km²
- 706 km
- 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
- Tropical; hot, humid; distinct rainy and dry seasons
- Arable land: NA%
- Permanent crops: NA%
- Other: NA%
- 1,065 sq km (est.)
- Floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones
- Widespread use of slash and burn agriculture has led to deforestation and soil erosion
- NA
- 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