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Arafura Sea
Location of the Arafura sea
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Map of Indonesia showing location of Arafura Sea
Map of Indonesia showing location of Arafura Sea
Arafura Sea
Map of the Arafura Sea
Map
LocationOceania
Coordinates9°00′S 133°0′E / 9.000°S 133.000°E / -9.000; 133.000
TypeSea
Basin countriesAustralia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
Max. length1,290 km (800 mi)
Max. width560 km (350 mi)
Surface area650,000 km2 (250,000 sq mi)
IslandsAru Islands, Croker Island, Goulburn Islands, Howard Island
References[1]

The Arafura Sea (or Arafuru Sea) lies west of the Pacific Ocean, overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Western New Guinea (also called Papua), which is the Indonesian part of the Island of New Guinea.

  1. ^ Arafura Sea: OS (Oceans) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

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