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Java Sea

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Java Sea
Location o the Java Sea
LocationSunda Shelf
Coordinates5°S 110°E / 5°S 110°E / -5; 110Coordinates: 5°S 110°E / 5°S 110°E / -5; 110
TeepSea
Basin kintrasIndonesia
Max. lenth1,600 km (990 mi)
Max. weenth380 km (240 mi)
320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
Average deepth46 m (151 ft)

The Java Sea (Indonesie: Laut Jawa) is a muckle shallae sea on the Sunda Shelf. It lees atween the Indonesie islands o Borneo tae the north, Java tae the sooth, Sumatra tae the wast, an Sulawesi tae the east. Karimata Strait tae its northwast links it tae the Sooth Cheenae Sea.