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The Molucca Sea (Indonesian: Laut Maluku) is located in the western Pacific Ocean, around the vicinity of Indonesia, specifically bordered by the Indonesian Islands of Celebes (Sulawesi) to the west, Halmahera to the east, and the Sula Islands to the south. The Molucca Sea has a total surface area of 77,000 square miles (200,000 square kilometres).
The Molucca Sea borders the Banda Sea to the south and the Celebes Sea to the west. To the north is the Philippine Sea and to the east is the Halmahera Sea. Situated south of Mindanao, the Molucca Sea is a narrow basin underlined by a northâsouth ophiolitic ridge, which uplifts the central region of the basin. [4]
The Maluku Islands have a total area of 850,000 km 2 (330,000 sq mi), 90% of which is sea. [23] There are an estimated 1027 islands. [24] The largest two islands, Halmahera and Seram, are sparsely populated, while the most developed, Ambon and Ternate, are small. [24] The majority of the islands are forested and mountainous.
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Their interrelationship constitutes the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. The north of this zone interlinks with the Philippine Mobile Belt . Some call this linkage the Philippine–Halmahera Arc and consider it an integral part of the elongated zone of convergence extending north through the Philippines into eastern Taiwan .
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Map of Indonesia showing waters of the East Indian Archipelago. ... Molucca Sea - 200,000 km 2 (77,000 sq mi) Seram Sea - 12,000 km 2 (4,600 sq mi)
Map showing the Togian Islands highlighted in the Gulf of Tomini. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) defines the Gulf of Tomini as being one of the divisions of the East Indian Archipelago. [2] It is defined as the waters west of the "Western limit of the Molukka Sea", [1] which is