!!!Indonesia: Geography
||Location|Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
||Geographic Coordinates|5 00 S, 120 00 E[{GoogleMap location='-5.0,120.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''1,904,569 sq km\\''land: ''1,811,569 sq km\\''water: ''93,000 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 1904569\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 1904568\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 1919440\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 1919440\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 1910931\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 1905000''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,958 km\\''border countries: ''Timor-Leste 253 km, Malaysia 1,881 km, Papua New Guinea 824 km
||Coastline|54,716 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Indian Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Puncak Jaya 4,884 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]:  Puncak Jaya  4884 m;  Puncak Mandala  4760 m;  Puncak Trikora  4750 m;  Puncak Yamin  4087 m;  Mount Kerinchi  3800 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Gunung Kerinci 3805 m; Mount Rinjani 3726 m; Gunung Semeru 3676 m; Gunung Sanggar 3564 m; Buntu Rantemario 3478 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains
||Natural Hazards|occasional floods; severe droughts; tsunamis; earthquakes; volcanoes; forest fires volcanism: Indonesia contains the most volcanoes of any country in the world - some 76 are historically active; significant volcanic activity occurs on Java, Sumatra, the Sunda Islands, Halmahera Island, Sulawesi Island, Sangihe Island, and in the Banda Sea; Merapi (elev. 2,968 m), Indonesia's most active volcano and in eruption since 2010, has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Agung, Awu, Karangetang, Krakatau (Krakatoa), Makian, Raung, and Tambora
||Natural Resource|petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver
||Land Use|''arable land: ''12.34%\\''permanent crops: ''10.5%\\''other: ''77.16% (2011)
||Climate|tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
||Irrigated Land|67,220 sq km (2005)
||Renewable Water Resources|2,019 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Marine Life Conservation
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Jakarta; Surabaya; Bandung; Bekasi; Medan\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Jakarta; Surabaya; Medan; Bandung; Bekasi\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Indonesia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|archipelago of 17,508 islands, some 6,000 of which are inhabited (Indonesia is the world's largest country comprised solely of islands); straddles equator; strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean