The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands, the Spice Islands or simply Maluku) are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Moluccas.html] They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi (Celebes), west of New Guinea, and north of Timor.
