Timor-Laut, or TENIMBER, a group of three islands, east of Timor, extending about 100 miles in length, and 2263 sq. m. in area. Unlike Timor, these islands are mainly coralline and correspond- ingly low-lying, though there is one extinct volcano 2000 feet high. Fauna and flora partake of Malay and Australasian characters. The natives—some 25,000 in number—are of Papuan stock. The islands belong to the Dutch residency of Amboyna. See the books cited at TIMOR.
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