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Borneo is the world's third-largest island and the largest island of Asia. It is part of the Indonesian archipelago. Borneo is surrounded by the Java Sea to its south, the Celebes Sea on its east, and the South China Sea to its north. It has an area of 288,869 square miles (748,168 square kilometers).
Nov 20, 2020 · Despite damage from heavy deforestation, Borneo is one of the most biodiverse places in the world—see as much of it as you can. With mountains, rivers, thriving reefs, and a rainforest canopy that’s home to endangered species, finding memorable adventure in Borneo is easy.
Jan 26, 2020 · Borneo is the planet’s third largest island (after Greenland and New Guinea). More than 15,000 species of plants live in the 130-million-year-old rainforests. Hundreds of mammals including both orangutans and proboscis monkeys thrive in the dense jungles.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Borneo… Just the name of this big island in south east Asia’s Malay Archipelago sounds mysterious and adventurous. With thousands of square kilometres of rainforest and a long coastline, there are many Borneo points of interest just waiting to be explored. The island of Borneo is divided by three nations – Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.
Borneo is the third largest non-continental island in the world (after Greenland and New Guinea). The island is located in Southeast Asia, straddling the equator. It's sparsely populated and famous for ancient rainforests filled with wildlife, including several primates and various rare and endangered species.
Borneo, Island, Malay Archipelago. Bounded by the South China Sea, the Sulu and Celebes seas, the Makassar Strait, and the Java Sea, it is the third largest island in the world, measuring about 292,000 sq mi (755,000 sq km).
