Banda Sea

[ bahn-duh, ban- ]

noun

1. a sea between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea, S of the Moluccas and N of Timor.

Banda Sea

noun

1. a part of the Pacific in Indonesia, between Sulawesi and New Guinea

Example Sentences

Why did tall buildings in Darwin shake so much during the M7.3 Banda Sea #earthquake?

From Los Angeles Times

Pulau Rhun, in the Banda Sea in Indonesia, used to be one of the world’s most valuable patches of real estate, thanks to nutmeg.Credit...

From New York Times

Rhun, in the Banda Sea in Indonesia, has no cars or roads and only about 20 motorbikes.

From New York Times

He said the epicenter of the quakes was in the Banda Sea near the Tanimbar Islands, with a population of about 127,000.

From Seattle Times

Thanks to the long history of sightings by mariners, Miller and Haddock knew that the occurrences of milky seas peaked in winter and summer and that they were most often reported in the northwestern Indian Ocean, where both the Alabama and the Lima had encountered them, as well as around Indonesia, in particular near the island of Java and in the Banda Sea.

From Scientific American