Banda Sea

Banda Sea
Laut Banda (Indonesian) Mar de Banda (Portuguese) Tasi Banda (Tetum)
Run (left) and Nailaka (right), islands in the Banda Sea
Location of the Banda Sea in Southeast Asia
Location	Southeast Asia
Coordinates	6°S 127°E / 6°S 127°E / -6; 127
Type	Sea
Primary outflows	Pacific Ocean, Timor Sea, Molucca Sea, Ceram Sea, Banda Arch
Basin countries	Indonesia East Timor
Max. length	1,000 km (620 mi)
Max. width	500 km (310 mi)
Surface area	470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi)
Max. depth	7,351 m (24,117 ft)

The Banda Sea (Indonesian: Laut Banda, Portuguese: Mar de Banda, Tetum: Tasi Banda) is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, connected to the Pacific Ocean, but surrounded by hundreds of islands, including Timor, as well as the Halmahera and Ceram Seas. It is about 1000 km (600 mi) east to west, and about 500 km (300 mi) north to south.