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Lesser Sunda Islands
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<p>The Lesser Sunda Islands , now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (<a href="/facts/Indonesian_language/J8Q78Ywb">Indonesian</a>: <i>Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara</i>, or "Southeast Islands"), are an <a href="/facts/Archipelago/50BeC9tl">archipelago</a> in the <a href="/facts/Indonesian_archipelago/X6UTGc9M">Indonesian archipelago</a>. Most of the Lesser Sunda Islands are located within the <a href="/facts/Wallacea/3FmddtYw">Wallacea</a> region, except for the <a href="/facts/Bali/ThlIdDeC">Bali</a> province which is west of the <a href="/facts/Wallace_Line/Sykp7vXg">Wallace Line</a> and is within the <a href="/facts/Sunda_Shelf/HCHXUN4v">Sunda Shelf</a>. Together with the <a href="/facts/Greater_Sunda_Islands/R2CjgQcD">Greater Sunda Islands</a> to the west, they make up the <a href="/facts/Sunda_Islands/CjYvRAUP">Sunda Islands</a>. The islands are part of a <a href="/facts/Volcanic_arc/W2WawWYd">volcanic arc</a>, the <a href="/facts/Sunda_Arc/vDXhPpLw">Sunda Arc</a>, formed by <a href="/facts/Subduction/rkasNdTo">subduction</a> along the <a href="/facts/Sunda_Trench/qBsqYa9d">Sunda Trench</a> in the <a href="/facts/Java_Sea/dCg8w3on">Java Sea</a>. In 1930 the population was 3,460,059; today over 17 million people live on the islands. Etymologically, Nusa Tenggara means "Southeast Islands" from the words of <i>nusa</i> which means 'island' from <a href="/facts/Old_Javanese_language/tuuQKGvf">Old Javanese language</a> and <i>tenggara</i> means 'southeast'. </p><p>The main Lesser Sunda Islands are, from west to east: <a href="/facts/Bali/ThlIdDeC">Bali</a>, <a href="/facts/Lombok/qpMQFDAx">Lombok</a>, <a href="/facts/Sumbawa/YWcHge32">Sumbawa</a>, <a href="/facts/Flores/tdqJNAN0">Flores</a>, <a href="/facts/Sumba/PQfd3DKc">Sumba</a>, <a href="/facts/Savu/jVpQl501">Savu</a>, <a href="/facts/Rote_Island/1LyYm35v">Rote</a>, <a href="/facts/Timor/H4dozDNo">Timor</a>, <a href="/facts/Atauro/95IMDfYc">Atauro</a>, <a href="/facts/Alor_archipelago/RE6UGGn1">Alor archipelago</a>, <a href="/facts/Barat_Daya_Islands/2rhc7whj">Barat Daya Islands</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tanimbar_Islands/8X8mXmpS">Tanimbar Islands</a>. Apart from the eastern half of <a href="/facts/Timor/H4dozDNo">Timor</a> island and <a href="/facts/Atauro/95IMDfYc">Atauro</a> island which constitute the nation of <a href="/facts/Timor_Leste/IBQ69BRj">Timor Leste</a>, all the other islands are part of <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a>. </p>