Java Sea

Description

The Java¹ Sea is sometimes unallocated to any ocean, but fisheries maps allocate it to the Pacific Ocean. It lies entirely on the continental shelf but depths near Sulawesi² exceed 2000 meters.

Around the Area

northwest
north
northeast
east from the northeast of the sea
east from the southeast of the sea
south from just west of the southeast corner of the sea
south from the center of the sea
southwest
west

Footnotes

1. The island with the same name as the sea is called Jawa in Malay/ Indonesian, Java in English.
2. The Celebes in English.