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Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. The n part of the Peninsula is now s Thailand and the s part is Malaya (w Malaysia): Singapore lies off its s tip.

Malay Peninsula Promontory of se Asia, stretching for c.1100km (700mi) between the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea. Several large endangered mammals inhabit the peninsula – The Kangar-Pattani floristic boundary crosses the peninsula in southern Thailand and northernmost Malaysia, marking the boundary between the large biogeographic regions of The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia, Avijit GuptaWikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. The Malay Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Tanah Melayu) is a peninsula in Southeast Asia. This includes: the northwest is the extreme south part of Myanmar the middle area and northeast is the south part of Thailand the south is the part of Malaysia called Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia

Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Malay Peninsula məlā´, mā´lā , southern extremity (c.70,000 sq mi/181,300 sq km) of the continent of Asia, lying between the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Malacca on the west and the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea on the east.

This includes: the northwest is the extreme south part of Myanmar the middle area and northeast is the south part of Thailand the south is the part of Malaysia called Peninsular Malaysia …

(2002). Malay Peninsula, also called Kra Peninsula, in Southeast Asia, a long, narrow appendix of the mainland extending south for a distance of about 700 miles (1,127 km) through the Isthmus of Kra to Cape Piai, the southernmost point of the Asian continent; its maximum width is 200 miles (322 km), and it covers roughly 70,000 square miles (181,300 square km). By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.

It stretches south for c.700 mi (1,100 km) from the Isthmus of Kra, where it is narrowest, to Singapore. Prior to the foundation of Malacca, ancient and medieval references to a Malay peninsula exist in various foreign sources.

Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al.

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According to several Indian scholars, the word The peninsula's forests are home to thousands of species of animals and plants. A mountain range forms the backbone of the Peninsula, rising to 2190m (7186ft) at Mount Gunong Tahang. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.

The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung), as well as the city state of Singapore, indigenous to or historically inhabited by the Malays, an Austronesian people. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southernmost point of the Asian mainland.