Geography of East Timor
- East Timor is: a country
- Location:
- Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia (though not on the mainland)
- Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Maritime Southeast Asia
- Island of Timor (the eastern half)
- Maritime Southeast Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Asia
- Time zone: UTC+09
- Extreme points of East Timor
- High: Mount Ramelau 2,963 m (9,721 ft)
- Low: Timor Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: Indonesia 228 km
- Coastline: 706 km
- Population of East Timor: 1,155,000 - 152nd most populous country
- Area of East Timor: 14,874 km2
- Atlas of East Timor
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