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 is rich in coral and has many diving sites due to the deepness of its waters. The deepness of the water explains the reasoning behind dividing the sea into three zones, which functions to transport water from the Pacific Ocean to the shallower seas surrounding it. The deepest hollow in the Molucca Sea is the 15,780-foot (4,810-meter) Batjan (Indonesian: Bacan) basin. This region is known for its periodic experiences of earthquakes, which stems from the sea itself being a micro plate, in which the Molucca Sea is being subducted in two opposite directions: one in the direction of the Eurasian Plate to the west and the other in the direction of the Philippine Sea Plate to the east.
Celebes Sea, with the Molucca Sea to the southeast
The MoluccaSea (Indonesian: Laut Maluku) is located in the western Pacific Ocean, around the vicinity of Indonesia, specifically bordered by the Indonesian...
the MoluccaSea Plate has been classified by scientists as a fully subducted microplate that is part of the MoluccaSea Collision Complex. The Molucca Sea...
The MoluccaSea Collision Zone is postulated by paleogeologists to explain the tectonics of the area based on the MoluccaSea in Indonesia, and adjacent...
Flores Sea – 240,000 km2 Gulf of St. Lawrence – 226,000 km2 Bay of Biscay – 223,000 km2 Aegean Sea – 214,000 km2 Gulf of Anadyr – 200,000 km2 MoluccaSea –...
the Moluccas (/məˈlʌkəz/) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea...
western New Guinea, Australian Plate, Timor Plate, Sunda Plate, and the MoluccaSea Collision Zone. The western border is a convergent boundary largely responsible...
began on March 3, and ended on March 14 at the Ruang volcano in the MoluccaSea, Indonesia. The eruption triggered a locally devastating tsunami measuring...
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to be a microplate within the MoluccaSea Collision Zone of eastern Indonesia. The tectonic setting of the MoluccaSea region is unique. It is the only...
to be a microplate within the MoluccaSea Collision Zone of eastern Indonesia. The tectonic setting of the MoluccaSea region is unique. It is the only...
A sea is a large body of salty water. There are particular seas and the sea. The sea commonly refers to the ocean, the wider body of seawater. Particular...
the Philippine Sea Plate to the east, the MoluccaSea Collision Zone to the south, Sunda Plate to the southwest, and the South China Sea Basin to the west...
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Celebes Sea - 280,000 km2 Sulu Sea - 260,000 km2 Flores Sea - 240,000 km2 MoluccaSea - 200,000 km2 Gulf of Tonkin - 126,250 km2 Halmahera Sea - 95,000 km2...
bounded in the east by the Philippine Mobile Belt, MoluccaSea Collision Zone, MoluccaSea Plate, Banda Sea Plate and Timor Plate; to the south and west by...
Sargasso Sea (/sɑːrˈɡæsoʊ/) is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas, it has...
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the Aegean Sea (including the so called Thracian Sea and Sea of Crete), the Adriatic Sea, the Alboran Sea, the Ligurian Sea, the Balearic Sea, the Tyrrhenian...
Celebes Sea – 280,000 km2 Sulu Sea – 260,000 km2 Bismarck Sea – 250,400 km2 Gulf of Anadyr – 200,000 km2 MoluccaSea – 200,000 km2 Gulf of California...
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Celebes Sea and the MoluccaSea, roughly halfway between Sulawesi and Mindanao, in the Philippines; the Sangihes form the eastern limit of the Celebes Sea. The...
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Pakistan MoluccaSea Plate – Small fully subducted tectonic plate near Indonesia Halmahera Plate – Small tectonic plate in the MoluccaSea Sangihe Plate –...
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