The Flores Sea covers 240,000 square kilometres (93,000 sq mi) of water in Indonesia. The sea is bounded on the north by the island of Celebes and on the south by Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa.[1]
flores, covers, square, kilometres, water, indonesia, bounded, north, island, celebes, south, sunda, islands, flores, sumbawa, location, within, southeast, asia, coordinates8, 121typeseanative, namelaut, flores, indonesian, basin, countriesindonesiasurface, ar. The Flores Sea covers 240 000 square kilometres 93 000 sq mi of water in Indonesia The sea is bounded on the north by the island of Celebes and on the south by Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa 1 Flores SeaLocation of the Flores Sea within Southeast Asia Flores SeaCoordinates8 S 121 E 8 S 121 E 8 121TypeSeaNative nameLaut Flores Indonesian Basin countriesIndonesiaSurface area240 000 km2 93 000 sq mi Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Extent 2 References 3 External linksGeography Edit nbsp Flores SeaThe seas that border the Flores Sea are the Bali Sea to the west Java Sea to the northwest and the Banda Sea to the east and northeast The Indian Ocean and Savu Sea lie to the south but are separated from the Flores Sea by various islands Islands that border this sea are the Lesser Sunda Islands and Celebes Sulawesi Extent Edit The sea is 5 140 metres 16 860 feet deep 1 The International Hydrographic Organization IHO defines the Flores Sea as being one of the waters of the East Indian Archipelago The IHO defines its limits as follows 2 On the North The South coast of Celebes Sulawesi from the West point of Laikang Bay 5 37 S 119 30 E 5 617 S 119 500 E 5 617 119 500 to Tanjong Lassa 120 28 E On the East The Western limit of the Banda Sea between Flores and Celebes a line from Flores Northern point 8 04 S 122 52 E 8 067 S 122 867 E 8 067 122 867 to Kalaotoa Island 7 24 S 121 52 E 7 400 S 121 867 E 7 400 121 867 and through the chain of islands lying between it and the South point of Pulo Salayar through this island and across the Strait to Tanjong Lassa Celebes 5 37 S 120 28 E 5 617 S 120 467 E 5 617 120 467 On the South The North coasts of Flores Komodo Banta and a line to Tanjong Naroe the Northeast point of Soembawa thence along its North coast to Tanjong Sarokaja 8 22 S 117 10 E 8 367 S 117 167 E 8 367 117 167 On the West A line from Tg Sarokaja to the Western Paternoster island 7 26 S 117 08 E 7 433 S 117 133 E 7 433 117 133 thence to the Northeastern Postiljon Island 6 33 S 118 49 E 6 550 S 118 817 E 6 550 118 817 and to the West point of Laikang Bay Celebes References Edit a b Islands of Flores sea Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 2019 05 06 Limits of Oceans and Seas 3rd edition PDF International Hydrographic Organization 1953 Archived from the original PDF on 7 December 2017 Retrieved 28 December 2020 External links Edithttps web archive org web 20061013180657 http www visibleearth nasa gov view rec php id 6625 http www astrogeodata it id219 htm nbsp This East Nusa Tenggara location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flores Sea amp oldid 1088359380, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
