Southeast Asia Map
Southeast Asia Map.
Southeast Asia is one of the twenty-two subregions in which the UN divides the world. It borders on the north with East Asia, on the east with the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, Micronesia and Melanesia, on the south with the Indian Ocean that separates it from Australia, on the west also with the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, and to the northwest with South Asia.
In contemporary definition, Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions:
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known historically as Indochina, comprising parts of Northeast India (Part of India east of Siliguri Corridor), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and West Malaysia.
Maritime Southeast Asia, also known historically as Nusantara, the East Indies and Malay Archipelago, comprises the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, Indonesia, East Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, Christmas Island, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Taiwan is also included in this grouping by many anthropologists.
Southeast Asia is one of the twenty-two subregions in which the UN divides the world. It borders on the north with East Asia, on the east with the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, Micronesia and Melanesia, on the south with the Indian Ocean that separates it from Australia, on the west also with the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, and to the northwest with South Asia.
In contemporary definition, Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions:
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known historically as Indochina, comprising parts of Northeast India (Part of India east of Siliguri Corridor), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and West Malaysia.
Maritime Southeast Asia, also known historically as Nusantara, the East Indies and Malay Archipelago, comprises the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, Indonesia, East Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, Christmas Island, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Taiwan is also included in this grouping by many anthropologists.
