- Not to be confused with Riau Islands Province, a province (administrative) of Indonesia.
The
Riau Archipelago is a
geographic term (as opposed to administrative region) for the core group of islands within the
Riau Islands Province in
Indonesia, and located south of
Singapore. Before the province of
Riau Islands was formed, there was no ambiguity in term, however; in Indonesian both the archipelago and islands are referred to as simply "Kepulauan Riau". The province may have the word "Provinsi" preceding it.