帝汶岛（Timor） ：东南亚努沙登加拉群岛中最大、最东边的岛屿。面积30777平方千米。南隔帝汶海与澳大利亚相望。高山连绵，海岸陡峭，有火山。最高点法塔迈洛海拔2960米。岸外有珊瑚礁。地震频繁。
帝汶岛是印度尼西亚群岛的一部分，也是努沙群岛的最大和最东部分。
The island of Timor Leste is part of the Indonesian archipelago and the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
吉拉德女士曾经呼吁在帝汶岛成立一个地区审理中心，但是仅得到很少的支持。
Ms Gillard has called for a regional processing centre to be set up in Timor-Leste, but has won little support.
岛屿的西半部曾是尼德兰的帝汶岛，于1949年成为印度尼西亚的一部分。
The western half of the island, formerly Netherlands Timor, became part of Indonesia in1949. The eastern half was an overseas province of Portugal from1914 until1975.
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