Celebes

one of the larger islands of the Indian Archipelago, between Borneo on the W. and the Moluccas on the E. It consists mainly of four large peninsulas separated by three deep gulfs; total area, 71,470 square miles. No part of it is more than 70 miles from the sea. Celebes is mountainous and has several active volcanoes. It has also broad gra y plains and extensive forests.