Banda Sea

Banda Sea. Source: OMC

Oceans and seas (main)

Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am

Updated: November 13, 2011, 7:21 pm

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The Banda Sea is a regional sea in the Australasian Archipelago covering approximately 470,000 square kilometers and centered at about 126 degrees E and 5 degrees S. It consists of several basins and troughs interconnected by sills whose depths are mostly greater than 3000 meters.

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Further Reading

• Physical Oceanography Index
• Seas of the world on the Encyclopedia of Earth
• Arnold L. Gordon, Amy Ffield, and A. Gani Ilahude. Thermocline of the Flores and Banda Seas. J. Geophys. Res., 99:18235–18242, 1994.
• Dharma Arief. Outer Southeast Asia: A region of deep straits, including the Banda Sea. In A. R. Robinson and K. H. Brink, editors, The Sea - Vol. 11: The Global Coastal Ocean, Regional Studies and Syntheses, pages 507–522. Wiley, 1998.

Citation

Steve Baum and Peter Saundry (2011). Banda Sea. ed. C. Michael Hogan. Encyclopedia of Earth Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Banda_Sea