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Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 56% of the Indonesian population. Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast.
Mount Bromo in East Java
Parahyangan highland near Buitenzorg, c. 1865–1872
Cymbidium dayanum - typical orchid in Java.
Male Javan rhino shot in 1934 in West Java. Today only small numbers of Javan rhino survive in Ujung Kulon; it is the world's rarest rhino.
Greater Sunda Islands
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The Greater Sunda Islands are four tropical islands situated within the Indonesian Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean. The islands, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and Sumatra, are internationally recognised for their ecological diversity and rich culture. Together with the Lesser Sunda Islands to their southeast, they comprise the archipelago known as the Sunda Islands.
A Sumatran male orangutan
A Moor macaque and her young, endemic to southwestern Sulawesi.
Mother and infant Borneo orangutans
The Prambanan temple located in Java