Arafura Sea
Bordered by the Gulf of Carpentaria and continental Australia to the south, the Timor Sea to the west, Torres Strait to the east and New Guinea, Banda and Seram to the northwest, the Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean, overlying a section of the Sahul Shelf between Australia and western New Guinea.
The Arafura's 650,000 square kilometres are generally shallow, with depths between 50 and 80 metres, deepening at its western extremity.
