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The Bali Sea (Indonesian: Laut Bali) is the body of water north of the island of Bali and south of Kangean Island in Indonesia.The sea forms the south-west part of the Flores Sea, and the Madura Strait opens into it from the west.
Seas of Indonesia are often described as being seas of-- the adjacent larger oceans - such as the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean because of the connectivity - the seas included in this category are found within the current boundary of Indonesia. Indonesia portal; Geography portal
Indonesia is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia and Oceania, lying between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.It is located in a strategic location astride or along major sea lanes connecting East Asia, South Asia and Oceania.
Selat Bali: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, U.S. Bali Strait is a stretch of water separating Java and Bali while connecting the Indian Ocean and the Bali Sea . At its narrowest it is 2.4 kilometers (1.5 mi) wide.
As the site of successful exploration for petroleum and natural gas, the Java Sea has become the basis of Indonesia's export program. Fishing is an important economic activity in the Java Sea. Over 3,000 species of marine life are found in the area. A number of national parks exist in the area such as Karimunjawa.
World map of the five-ocean model with approximate boundaries. This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1]
The Banda Sea (Indonesian: Laut Banda, Portuguese: Mar de Banda, Tetum: Tasi Banda) is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, connected to the Pacific Ocean, but surrounded by hundreds of islands, including Timor, as well as the Halmahera and Ceram Seas. It is about 1000 km (600 mi) east to west, and about 500 km (300 ...
Although it has been suggested that Arafura derives from the Portuguese word "Alfours", meaning "free men", it seems more likely that sea is named after the Harrafora, the indigenous name for "the people of mountains" in the Moluccas (part of Indonesia), which was the explanation recorded by Lieutenants Kolff and Modera in the 1830s. [4]