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Timor Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Timor Sea is a tropical marginal sea in the eastern Indian Ocean, lying between Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and northern Australia, known for its rich offshore oil and gas reserves.

Aliases (1)

Timor Sea region ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea → sea →
basinCountry	Australia → Indonesia → Timor-Leste →
borderedBy	Australia → Indonesia → Northern Territory of Australia → Timor Island → Timor-Leste → Western Australia →
climate	tropical →
connectedTo	Arafura Sea → Banda Sea → Java Sea →
contains	Bayu-Undan gas field → Challis oil field → Corallina oil field → Elang-Kakatua oil field → Greater Sunrise gas field → Jabiru oil field → Laminaria oil field → Skua oil field →
disputedArea	Timor Gap →
economicActivity	fishing → offshore petroleum production →
governedBy	Australia–Timor-Leste maritime boundary treaty → Timor Sea Treaty → Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea →
hasPart	Ashmore Reef → Bonaparte Basin → Browse Basin → Cartier Island → Joseph Bonaparte Gulf → Sahul Shelf → Scott Reef → Timor Gap → Timor Trough → Van Diemen Gulf →
knownFor	offshore natural gas reserves → offshore oil reserves →
locatedIn	eastern Indian Ocean →
oceanRegion	Northern Australia → Southeast Asia →
partOf	Indian Ocean →
salinity	marine saltwater →
separates	Australia → Timor Island →
waterBodyType	tropical marginal sea →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kimberley region → Larrakeyah → Timor (western part) →	hasCoastlineOn
Atauro → Beagle Gulf → Tiwi Islands →	locatedIn
Darwin → Dili, Timor-Leste → Nightcliff →	locatedOn
Beagle Gulf → Casuarina →	adjacentTo
Banda Sea → Timor (western part) →	borderedBy
Kimberley region → Malay Archipelago →	borders
Northern Territory →	bordersBodyOfWater
Timor-Leste →	bordersSea
western Pacific Ocean →	contains
Indonesian archipelago →	hasSea
Jaco Island →	locatedInBodyOfWater
Port of Darwin →	locatedOnBodyOfWater
East Timor intervention ("Timor Sea region") →	location
Fannie Bay →	overlooks
Beagle Gulf →	sea