Southeastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the
island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the South China Sea, south
of Vietnam

2 30 N, 112 30 E

Southeast Asia

total: 329,750 sq km
land: 328,550 sq km
water: 1,200 sq km

slightly larger than New Mexico

total: 2,669 km
border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607
km)

continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation;
specified boundary in the South China Sea
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast
(October to February) monsoons

coastal plains rising to hills and mountains

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m

tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural
gas, bauxite

arable land: 3%
permanent crops: 12%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 68%
other: 17% (1993 est.)

2,941 sq km (1998 est.)

flooding, landslides

air pollution from industrial and
vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation;
smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

strategic location along Strait of Malacca and
southern South China Sea