Southeast Asia

Singapore Google Maps

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Singapore

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Singapore (SG). Explore satellite imagery of Singapore, the capital city of Singapore, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Singapore (GPS: 1 22 N, 103 48 E) located in Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia. The country’s area measurements are total: 697 sq km; land: 687 sq km, water: 10 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC. The total irrigated land is 0 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Singapore: Focal point for Southeast Asian sea routes. Consists of about 60 islands, by far the largest of which is Pulau Ujong. Land reclamation has removed many former islands and created many new ones.

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Taiwan Google Maps

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Taiwan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Taiwan (TW). Explore satellite imagery of Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Taiwan (GPS: 23 30 N, 121 00 E) located in Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China. The country’s area measurements are total: 35,980 sq km; land: 32,260 sq km, water: 3,720 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined. The total irrigated land is 3,820 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Taiwan: Strategic location adjacent to both the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon Strait.

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Thailand Google Maps

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Thailand

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Thailand (TH). Explore satellite imagery of Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Thailand (GPS: 15 00 N, 100 00 E) is located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma. The country’s area measurements are total: 513,120 sq km; land: 510,890 sq km, water: 2,230 sq km. This sovereign state is about three times the size of Florida, slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming. The total irrigated land is 64,150 sq km (2012).

One of the crucial features of Thailand: Controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore. Ideas for constructing a canal across the Kra Isthmus that would create a bypass to the Strait of Malacca and shorten shipping times around Asia continue discussed.

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Timor-Leste Google Maps

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Timor-Leste

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Timor-Leste (TL). Explore satellite imagery of Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Timor-Leste (GPS: 8 50 S, 125 55 E) located in Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note – Timor-Leste includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Oecussi (Ambeno) region on the northwest portion of the island of Timor and the islands of Pulau Atauro and Pulau Jaco. The country’s area measurements are total: 14,874 sq km; land: 14,874 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than Connecticut. The total irrigated land is 350 sq km (2012).

Timor-Leste’s essential features: Timor comes from the Malay word for “east” the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. The district of Oecussi is an exclave separated from Timor-Leste proper by Indonesia.

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Vietnam Google Maps

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Vietnam

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Vietnam (VN). Explore satellite imagery of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, on the Google Maps of Southeast Asia below.

Vietnam (GPS: 16 10 N, 107 50 E) located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and the South China Sea and China, Laos, and Cambodia. The country’s area measurements are total: 331,210 sq km; land: 310,070 sq km, water: 21,140 sq km. This sovereign state is about three times the size of Tennesee, slightly larger than New Mexico. The total irrigated land is 46,000 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Vietnam: Extending 1,650 km north to south, the country is only 50 km across at its narrowest point. Son Doong in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is the world’s largest cave (most significant cross-sectional area) and is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume. It currently measures a total of 38.5 million cu m (about 1.35 billion cu ft). It connects to Thung cave (but not yet officially). When recognized, it will add 1.6 million cu m in volume. Son Doong is so massive that it contains its jungle, underground river, and localized weather system. Clouds from inside the cave and spew out from its exits and two lines (openings (sinkhole skylights) created by collapsed ceilings that allow sunlight to stream in).

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