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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's climate is almost entirely tropical, dominated by the tropical rainforest climate found in every major island of Indonesia, followed by the tropical monsoon climate that predominantly lies along Java's coastal north, Sulawesi's coastal south and east, and Bali, and finally the tropical savanna climate, found in isolated locations of ...
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]
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]
Beaches in Indonesia are extensive, characterized by coral reefs, deposits from volcanoes, rich marine biodiversity, strong ocean currents, and associated with diverse cultural traditions. With around 17,500 islands , [ 1 ] Indonesia has an intricate coastline of over 80,000 km (50,000 mi), [ 2 ] the fourth longest in the world.
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.
The territorial waters of Indonesia are defined according to the principles set out in Article 46 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Their boundary consists of straight lines ("baselines") linking 195 coordinate points located at the outer edge of the archipelago ("basepoints").