| LC control no. | sh 96008232 |
|---|---|
| Geographic heading | Celebes Sea |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Celebes Sea |
| Variant(s) | Dagat Selebes Laut Selebes Laut Sulawesi Mindanao Sea (Celebes Sea) Mindango Sea Selebes Sea Sulawesi Sea |
| See also | Seas |
| Found in | Work cat.: U.S. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Sandakan Pelabuhan to Sungai Mahakam, 1986: map recto (Celebes Sea) Lippincott (Celebes Sea; part of W Pacific Ocean; bounded N by Philippines, W by Borneo, S by Celebes [Island], E by Sangi Isls., opens SW to Java Sea via Macassar Strait) Times atlas (Celebes Sea, Indon.) Web. geog. (Celebes Sea) GeoNames [algorithmically matched] sea; 03°00ʹ00ʺN 122°00ʹ00ʺE Protecting the Sulu-Sulawesi seas from Abu Sayyaf attacks, 2019 summary (Sulawesi Sea is bordered on the East by Sangihe-Talaud Islands and Southern Philippines, on the south by the north arm of Sulawesi, on the west by Kalimantan and on the north by the Sulu Archipelago) Wikipedia, November 25, 2019 (Celebes Sea (Indonesian: Laut Sulawesi, Filipino: Dagat Selebes) of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahassa Peninsula, and on the west by Kalimantan in Indonesia. It extends 420 miles (675 km) north-south by 520 mi (840 km) east-west and has a total surface area of 110,000 square miles (280,000 km2), to a maximum depth of 20,300 feet (6,200 m). The sea opens southwest through the Makassar Strait into the Java Sea) Geonet, Feb. 7, 2020: (Celebes Sea; a sea; Celebes Sea is the conventional name; approved name: Laut Sulawesi; variants: Celebes Zee, Laut Selebes; Mindanao Sea; Mindango Sea; 04°00ʹ00ʺN, 122° 00ʹ00ʺE; another sea called Mindanao Sea in the Philippines) |
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