What is Java Sea?
[[File:java sea.jpg|thumb|Map of the Java Sea]] [[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Anjer aan de noordkust van Java TMnr 3728-415.jpg|thumb|Coast of Java Sea off [[Anyer]].]] The '''Java Sea''' is a large shallow sea on the [[Sunda Shelf]]. It is 320,000&nbsp;km². It was formed as sea levels rose at the end of the last [[ice age]].<ref>{{cite news| title =Pleistocene Sea Level Maps| publisher =The Field Museum| year =2003| url =http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/zoology/zoo_sites/seamaps/default.htm| access-date =2012-06-11| archive-date =2007-04-05| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070405023734/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/zoology/zoo_sites/seamaps/default.htm| url-status =dead}}</ref> The Java Sea is between the [[Indonesia]]n islands of [[Borneo]] to the north, [[Java]] to the south; [[Sumatra]] to the west, and [[Sulawesi]] to the east. [[Karimata Strait]] to its northwest links it to the [[South China Sea]]. Fishing is an important economic activity in the Java Sea. There are over 3,000 species of marine life in the area. A number of national parks are in the area such as [[Karimunjawa]]. The [[Thousand Islands (Indonesia)|Thousand Islands]] are north of the mainland [[Jakarta]]. The area around the Java Sea is a popular [[tourist]] destination. [[Scuba diving]] lets people explore and photograph underwater caverns, wrecks, [[coral]], [[sea sponge|sponge]]s, and other marine life. The [[Battle of the Java Sea]], during February and March 1942, was one of the costliest [[naval battle]]s of [[World War II]]. The naval forces of the [[Netherlands]], [[UK|Britain]], [[Australia]], and the U.S. were nearly completely destroyed trying to defend Java from [[Japan]]ese attack. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} {{List of seas}} {{coord|5|S|110|E|type:waterbody_scale:5000000|display=title}} {{authority control}} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Seas of the Indian Ocean]] [[Category:Seas of Indonesia]]