SUNDA ISLANDS

SUNDA ISLANDS, a name sometimes applied to the long chain of islands divided up in four countries, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, and Malaysia, stretching SE. from the Malay Peninsula to North Australia, including Sumatra, Timor, &c., but more correctly designates the islands Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sandalwood Island, &c., which lie between Java and Timor.

The islands produce the usual East Indian products.

Formerly, the islands were under Dutch suzerainty.