Sulawesi (/ ˌsuːləˈweɪsi / SOO-lə-WAY-see), [1] also known as Celebes (/ ˈsɛlɪbiːz, səˈliːbiːz / SEL-ib-eez, sə-LEE-beez), [2] is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.