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Arafura Sea

LC control no.sh 86006003
Geographic headingArafura Sea
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Geographic subdivision usageArafura Sea
Variant(s)Arafoera-zee
Laut Alifuru
Laut Arafuru
Laut Harafura
See alsoSeas
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Found inWork cat.: Continental shelf sediments. Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, 1973.
Lippincott (Arafura Sea, part of the Pacific, merging W with Timor Sea and connected with Coral Sea (E) by Torres Strait, bet. New Guinea (N) and Australia (S); contains Aru Isls.)
Rand McNally (Arafura, sea, Indon)
Web. geog. (Arafura Sea, sea bet. N Australia and Indonesia; W New Guinea touches it on NE and several groups of islands (Tanimbar, Kai, and Aru) lie along its N border)
BGN, April 21, 1986 (Arafura Sea, sea, 9⁰00'S 133⁰00'E; Aust/Indon; variants: Laut Arafuru, Laut Harafura, Laut Alifuru, Arafoera-zee)
BGN sea; 09°00ʹ00ʺS 133°00ʹ00ʺE