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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Arafura Sea (380 words) |
 | The Arafura Sea is west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and New Guinea. |
| It is bordered by Torres Strait and through that the Coral Sea to the east, the Gulf of Carpentaria to the south, the Timor Sea to the west and the Banda and Ceram seas to the northwest. |
| The depth of the sea is primarily 50-80 metres (165-265 feet) with the depth increasing to the west. |
| Arafura Sea - MSN Encarta (128 words) |
| Arafura Sea, shallow arm of the western Pacific Ocean, between northern Australia and islands of eastern Indonesia. |
| It is bordered by the Banda Sea on the north and by the Timor Sea on the west; the Torres Strait, on the east, connects it with the Coral Sea. |
| During part of the Pleistocene Epoch, the present floor of the Arafura Sea probably was above sea level, forming a land bridge between Australia and southeastern Asia. |
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