Bali is an island and province of Indonesia located in Southeast Asia. It is the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, situated east of Java and west of Lombok. Bali lies roughly 8 degrees south of the equator, in the Indian Ocean, bordered by the Bali Sea to the north and the Indian Ocean to the south
. The provincial capital is Denpasar, and Bali includes several smaller offshore islands such as Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan. It is part of the Indonesian archipelago, which consists of over 17,000 islands, and is located about 716 miles east of Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, and approximately 1,631 miles north of Perth, Australia
. In summary, Bali is an Indonesian island province in the Lesser Sunda Islands, positioned between Java to the west and Lombok to the east, in the Indian Ocean region of Southeast Asia
