Arafura Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Arafura Sea is a shallow tropical sea in the western Pacific Ocean, lying between northern Australia and New Guinea and forming part of the route between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Arafura Sea canonical 50
Arafura Sea region 4
Gulf of Papua 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
borders Australia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
connectedTo Banda Sea ⓘ
Coral Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Timor Sea ⓘ
experiences monsoonal weather patterns ⓘ
formsPartOf route between Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasAdjacentCountry Australia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasArea approximately 650,000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasAverageDepth 50–80 metres ⓘ
hasCharacteristic shallow ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
petroleum exploration ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth approximately 3,680 metres ⓘ
hasNameEtymology possibly derived from Portuguese word "Alfours" or "Arafura" referring to people of the Moluccas and New Guinea region ⓘ
hasSeafloorType continental shelf ⓘ
hasWaterType saltwater ⓘ
isImportantFor fisheries ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ
isKnownFor rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
shallow continental shelf waters ⓘ
isPartOf Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia ⓘ
isSubjectTo tropical cyclones ⓘ
liesOn Arafura Shelf ⓘ
locatedEastOf Banda Sea ⓘ
Timor Sea ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
surface form: Australasia

Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Australia ⓘ
locatedSouthOf New Guinea ⓘ
locatedWestOf Coral Sea ⓘ
nameLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
separates New Guinea ⓘ
northern Australia ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Territory → bordersBodyOfWater → Arafura Sea ⓘ
New Guinea rain forests → adjacentTo → Arafura Sea ⓘ
New Guinea → borderedBy → Arafura Sea ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean → contains → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Indonesian archipelago → hasSea → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Timor Sea → connectedTo → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Banda Sea → borderedBy → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Malay Archipelago → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Beagle Gulf → partOf → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arafura-Timor Seas region
Mindil Beach → hasView → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Top End → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Van Diemen Gulf → connectedTo → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Arnhem Land → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Carpentaria → locatedIn → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arafura Sea region
Gulf of Carpentaria → opensTo → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Fly River → mouth → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Papua
Fly River → flowsInto → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Papua
West Papua → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Torres Strait Islands → separates → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Australasian Mediterranean Sea → hasPart → Arafura Sea ⓘ
northern Australia → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Australia
eastern Indonesia → borderedBy → Arafura Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Indonesia
Cape Van Diemen → marineRegion → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arafura–Timor Sea region
Torres Strait → connects → Arafura Sea ⓘ
New Guinea mangroves → border → Arafura Sea ⓘ
New Guinea mangroves → border → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Papua
Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel → namedAfter → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Timor → separates → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Timor Trough → extendsTo → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arafura Sea region
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf → adjacentTo → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arafura Sea region
Sahul Shelf → extendsBeneath → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Aru Islands → locatedIn → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Nino Konis Santana National Park → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Tiwi people → region → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command → appliesToJurisdiction → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Pirlangimpi → stateElectorate → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arafura
Milikapiti → hasNearbyWaterBody → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Garig Gunak Barlu National Park (nearby on Cobourg Peninsula) → hasCoastlineOn → Arafura Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Garig Gunak Barlu National Park
Kai Islands → locatedIn → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Top End region → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Darwin Harbour → partOf → Arafura Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arafura Sea region
Tanimbar Islands → locatedIn → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Tanimbar Islands → seaBorder → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Top End of the Northern Territory → borderedBy → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Cobourg Peninsula → borderedBy → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Bird’s Head Peninsula → borders → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Arafura Shelf → locatedIn → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Arafura Shelf → namedAfter → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia → locatedIn → Arafura Sea ⓘ
Arafura Swamp → drainsTo → Arafura Sea ⓘ