 The Timor Sea (Indonesian: Laut Timor; Portugeuse: Mar Timor) is an arm of the Indian Ocean situated between the island of Timor, now split between the states of Indonesia and East Timor, and the Northern Territory of Australia. The waters to the east are known as the Arafura Sea, technically an arm of the Pacific Ocean. The Timor Sea has two substantial inlets on the north Australian coast, the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and the Van Diemen Gulf. The Australian city of Darwin is the only large city to adjoin the sea. The Timor Sea, showing disputed exploitation zone the Timor Gap. ...
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Map of Timor Timor Island from space, November 1989 (North is to the bottom of the image). ...
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The Arafura Sea is the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea. ...
Van Diemen Gulf is a gulf between Arnhem Land and Melville Island in northern Australia. ...
Darwin is the territorial capital and most populous city of the Northern Territory. ...
The sea is about 480 km (300 miles) wide, covering an area of about 610,000 square km (235,000 square miles). Its deepest point is the Timor Trough in the northern part of the sea, which reaches a depth of 3,300 m (10,800 ft). The remainder of the sea is much shallower, with much of it averaging a depth of less than 200 m (650 ft). It is a major breeding ground for tropical storms and typhoons. This article is about weather phenomena. ...
A number of significant islands are located in the sea, notably Melville Island off Australia and the Australian-governed Ashmore and Cartier Islands. It is thought that early humans reached Australia by "island-hopping" across the Timor Sea. Melville Island can refer to: Melville Island, Canada shared between Northwest Territories and Nunavut Melville Island, Northern Territory in Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Beneath the Timor Sea lie considerable reserves of oil and gas. Australia and East Timor have had a lengthy dispute over exploitation rights in an area known as the Timor Gap. Australia's territorial claim extends to the bathymetric axis (the line of greatest sea-bed depth) at the Timor Trough. It overlaps East Timor's own territorial claim, which follows the former colonial power Portugal in claiming that the dividing line should be midway between the two countries. Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ...
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