Java Sea

Related to Java Sea: Celebes Sea, Caspian Sea

Java Sea

a sea, encircled by islands, of the Pacific Ocean; located in the Malay Archipelago and bordered by the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Kalimantan. The sea is connected to the Indian Ocean by the Sunda Strait. The Java Sea has an area of 552,000 sq km, an average depth of 111 m, and a water volume of 61,000 cu km. The coasts are primarily low and covered by mangrove thickets; some coasts are bounded by coral reefs. The sea’s general depth is 30–80 m. The bottom is composed of sand and sandy silt.

The Java Sea lies in a region of equatorial monsoons. The water has a temperature of 27°–29°C and a salinity of 29.5–33.5 parts per thousand. The surface currents flow east to west in winter and west to east in summer. The sea has regular semidiurnal and diurnal tides with a range of about 1.4 m. Herring, flying fish, and tuna are caught commercially; pearls are gathered. The principal ports on the Java Sea are Jakarta, Semarang, and Banjermasin.

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A tail section from the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea late last month, killing all 162 people on board, became the first major wreckage lifted off the ocean floor Saturday, Jan.

Indonesia: AirAsia plane climbed too fast, then disappeared

Indonesian Air Force spokesman Hadi Thahjanto said two C-130 Hercules planes were focusing the search for Flight QZ8501 in areas northeast of Indonesia's Bangka island, which lies roughly halfway between Surabaya and Singapore, in the Java Sea.

Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane could be at "bottom of sea"

WAR GRAVE The U-boat lying on the bottom of the Java Sea off Indonesia

After 69 years, sea gives up the ghosts of U-168; 17 skeletons found on sunk Nazi submarine

Following earlier disappointment in the East Java Sea, substantial gas reserves have been established in the Madura Strait and oil production by Mobil (now ExxonMobil) began in late 1994.

Indonesia's Geology

KrisEnergy has announced commencement of drilling activities at the Mustika-1 exploration well in the Sakti production sharing contract in the East Java Sea.

Cayman Islands,Indonesia,Singapore : KRISENERGY begins drilling operations at Mustika-1 exploration well

The flight data recorder was retrieved Monday from the AirAsia plane that crashed in the Java Sea a fortnight ago with 162 people on board, Indonesia's national search and rescue chief said.

Flight data recorder retrieved from crashed AirAsia jet: official

Jakarta, Rabi'I 19, 1436, Jan 10, 2015, SPA -- The search party working to recover wreckage of a crashed AirAsia flight hoisted the plane's tail section out of the Java Sea Saturday, local media reported.

Crashed AirAsia Plane Tail Section Lifted

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bodies, along with possible debris, have been spotted Tuesday in the Java Sea, where AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished three days ago, officials said.

Officials: Bodies Spotted in Area AirAsia Jet Vanished

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 (KUNA) -- The search for the missing Air Asia craft has resumed in Java Sea on Monday after halting the operation due to night fall, said the Indonesian authorities.

Search for missing AirAsia plane resumes Monday

Nearly 70 were confirmed dead when the ship - thought to have 638 on board - went down in the Java Sea on Saturday.

HUNT FOR SURVIVORS

Fishing grounds of tongkol in the Java Sea has been over exploited.

FISH EXPLOITATION ONLY 58% OF SUSTAINED YIELD

announces that the Camar-6 well in the 84 percent-owned and operated Camar Field in the Java Sea was placed onstream on June 29, 1998.