No. These islands are located between Australia and Asia. Indonesia and Philippines are a part of the Malay Archipelago.
Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago.
Indonesia
Philippines (Philippine Archipelago) Indonesia (Malay Archipelago)
Indonesia
The largest country in the Malay Archipelago is Indonesia, which is also the most populated country in the region. The largest island in the Malay Archipelago is Borneo, which is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Indonesia is the country that is spread over thousands of islands in the Malay Archipelago, making it the largest archipelago in the world by area and population.
The Malay Archipelago is located between mainland southeast Asia and Australia. The absolute location of the Malay Archipelago is 2o56'S, 107o55'E.
There are actually 5 other nicknames for Indonesia, which is : Hindia, Nederlandsch Oost-Indie, Insulinde, Nusantara, and The Malay Archipelago
The Malay Archipelago was created in 1869.
Malay Archipelago is the largest group of islands in the world, consisting of the more than 17,000 islands of Indonesia and the approximately 7,000 islands of the Philippines
The Malay Archipelago consists of the modern day countries of Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and East Timor. This is where people got the concept of Malay as a race (Malays are also an ethnic group). Although, Malay as a race is being an outdated term. Because back then, people believed that all indegenous Indonesians, Filipinos, Malaysian, Bruneiens and East Timorese are all ethnic Malays. I use to think that too. But they are just Malay by race. So the Malay Archipelago is located in Asia, Southeast Asia. Before, the entire region was called "Malaysia" (combination of Malay and Asia).
Indonesia was colonised by the Dutch who called it either the Netherlands East Indies or the Malay Archipelago. By 1900 the name Indonesia became commonly used outside of the Netherlands.