Arafura Sea

Arafura Sea
Location
Arafura Sea
Map
Location	Oceania
Coordinates	9°00′S 133°0′E / 9.000°S 133.000°E / -9.000; 133.000
Type	Sea
Basin countries	Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
Max. length	1,290 km (800 mi)
Max. width	560 km (350 mi)
Surface area	650,000 km2 (250,000 sq mi)
Islands	Aru Islands, Croker Island, Goulburn Islands, Howard Island
References	[1]

The Arafura Sea (or Arafuru Sea) lies west of the Pacific Ocean, overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Western New Guinea (also called Papua), which is the Indonesian part of the Island of New Guinea.