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Banda Sea

Banda Sea proper noun: a large sea bordering the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia and surrounded by many islands, such as Timor and the Banda Islands.

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Proper noun

the Banda Sea

  1. A large sea bordering the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia and surrounded by many islands, such as Timor and the Banda Islands.
    • The Banda Sea is an interarc basin composed of a series of east-west-trending continental and volcanic ridges separated by anomalously deep oceanic basins.2003, Yildirim Dilek, Paul T. Robinson, Ophiolites in Earth History, Geological Society of London, →ISBN, page 487
    • Two main theories exist regarding the origin of the Banda Sea: 1) old oceanic crust trapped by the bending of the Banda Arc or specifically, trapped Mesozoic lithosphere of Indian Ocean affinities, or 2) an active marginal basin of Cenozoic age.2013 February 5, Tomas Tomascik, Anmarie J. Mah, Ecology of the Indonesian Seas, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN

Questions about Banda Sea

What does Banda Sea mean?
Banda Sea means a large sea bordering the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia and surrounded by many islands, such as Timor and the Banda Islands.
What part of speech is Banda Sea?
Banda Sea is a proper noun.

Words near Banda Sea in the dictionary

  1. band-winged grasshopper
  2. banda
  3. Banda Aceh
  4. Banda Banda
  5. Banda Islands
  6. Banda Sea
  7. bandable
  8. Bandabou
  9. bandage
  10. bandage dress
  11. bandage dresses

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