Molucca Sea

Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia

The Molucca Sea (Indonesian: Laut Maluku; Indonesian pronunciation: [ˌlaʊt̪̚ maˈluku]) is located in the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by the Indonesian Islands of Celebes (Sulawesi) to the west, Halmahera to the east, and the Sula Islands to the south. It has a total surface area of 77,000 square miles (200,000 square kilometres), divided into three basins, and functions to transport water from the Pacific Ocean to the shallower seas surrounding it. The deepest basin is the 15,780-foot (4,810-meter) Batjan (Indonesian: Bacan) basin.

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