Editing Sulawesi (section)

==Geography==
Sulawesi is the [[List of islands by area|world's eleventh-largest island]],<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZhECgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8| page=8| title=The Spectral Tarsier |first=Sharon L. |last=Gursky| publisher=[[Routledge]]|year= 2015 |isbn=9781317343974}}</ref> covering an area of {{convert|186216.16|km2|0|abbr=on}} (including minor islands administered as part of Sulawesi). The central part of the island is ruggedly mountainous, such that the island's peninsulas have traditionally been remote from each other, with better connections by sea than by road. The three bays that divide Sulawesi's peninsulas are, from north to south, the [[Bay of Tomini|Tomini]], the [[Bay of Tolo (Indonesia)|Tolo]] and the [[Gulf of Boni|Boni]].{{refn|group=n|Technically, Tomini{{sfnp|IHO|1953|loc=§48 (d)}} and Boni{{sfnp|IHO|1953|loc=§48 (k)}} are defined as gulfs by the [[International Hydrographic Organization]], while Tolo is considered a bay of the [[Molucca Sea]].{{sfnp|IHO|1953|loc=§48 (c)}}}} These separate the [[Minahasa_Peninsula|Minahasa or Northern Peninsula]], the [[East Peninsula, Sulawesi|East Peninsula]], the [[Southeast Peninsula, Sulawesi|Southeast Peninsula]] and the [[South Peninsula, Sulawesi|South Peninsula]].

The [[Strait of Makassar]] runs along the western side of the island.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Makassar-Strait |title=Makassar Strait |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. |access-date=23 August 2017 }}</ref> The island is surrounded by [[Borneo]] to the west, by the [[Philippines]] to the north, by [[Maluku Islands|Maluku]] to the east, and by [[Flores]] and [[Timor]] to the south.

=== Minor islands===
The [[Selayar Islands]] make up a peninsula stretching southwards from Southwest Sulawesi into the [[Flores Sea]] are administratively part of Sulawesi. The [[Sangihe Islands]] and [[Talaud Islands]] stretch northward from the northeastern tip of Sulawesi, while [[Buton]] and [[Muna Island]]s and their neighbors lie off its southeast peninsula, the [[Togian Islands]] are in the Gulf of Tomini, and [[Peleng Island]] and the [[Banggai Sea Regency|Banggai Islands]] form a cluster between Sulawesi and [[Maluku Islands|Maluku]]. All the above-mentioned islands and many smaller ones off the coasts of Sulawesi are administratively part of Sulawesi's six provinces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stouheast Sulawesi |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Southeast-Sulawesi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=South Sulawesi |date=22 August 2024 |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Sulawesi}}</ref>