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Kelut, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kelut, Mount, Indonesia: see Kelud, Mount. ...

Djaja Peak

(Encyclopedia)Djaja Peak, Indonesia: see Jaya Peak. ...

Rinjani, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rinjani, Mount, volcano, Indonesia: see Lombok. ...

Lusi

(Encyclopedia)Lusi, mud volcano, Indonesia: see Sidoarjo mudflow. ...

Anak Krakatau

(Encyclopedia)Anak Krakatau, island and volcano, Indonesia: see under Krakatoa. ...

Trikora Peak

(Encyclopedia)Trikora Peak, 15,518 ft (4,730 m) high, in the Jayawijaya Mts., Papua prov., Indonesia, the third highest peak in Indonesia. The snow-covered peak was formerly called Mt. Wilhelmina. ...

Hatta, Mohammad

(Encyclopedia)Hatta, Mohammad hătˈə [key], 1902–80, Indonesian political leader. He was born on Sumatra into an aristocratic family. Interested in economics, he went to the Netherlands to study. There he joine...

Timor

(Encyclopedia)Timor tēˈmôr [key] [Malay,=east], island (1990 est. pop. 3,900,000), c.13,200 sq mi/34,200 sq km, largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sundas, in the Malay Archipelago. Timor is divided politicall...

Sukarno

(Encyclopedia)Sukarno so͞okärˈnō [key], 1901–70, Indonesian statesman, first president of Indonesia. A leader of the radical nationalist movement founded in 1927, he was jailed and exiled by the Dutch at vari...
 

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