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Archipelago in eastern Indonesia, also called the Spice Islands

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Maluku Islands: Archipelago in eastern Indonesia, also called the Spice Islands
The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located east of Sulawesi, west of New Guinea, and north and east of Timor. Lying within Wallacea, the Maluku Islands have been considered as a geographical and cultural intersection of Asia and Oceania.

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