Bodies of Water Around East Timor

East Timor is surrounded by several seas and straits:

• Wetar Strait: Separates Wetar and Timor islands (~100 km wide).
• Banda Sea: Southwest Pacific, bordered by Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Timor (~1,000 km wide, avg depth 2,000 m).
• Timor Sea: Between Timor, Australia, Papua New Guinea (~1,500 km wide, avg depth 1,000 m).
• Arafura Sea: Southeast Pacific, bordered by Timor, Australia, Papua New Guinea (~1,000 km wide, avg depth 1,000 m).
• Indian Ocean: Vast ocean south of the region (~10,000 km wide, avg depth 3,000 m).