Savu Sea

The Savu Sea ( Savusee ) is a small marginal sea of ​​the Pacific Ocean. It lies between Indonesia and East Timor, belonging to the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Framed is the Savu Sea, from the islands of Flores in the north, in the east of Timor, the Sawuinseln with Sawu in the South and in the West Sumba. In the west and south, the Savu Sea, is in the Indian Ocean about, in the north in the Floressee in the northeast in the Banda Sea and the South East Timor.

The Savu Sea is up to 3,500 meters deep. From west to east it stretches about 600 km from north to south about 200 kilometers. The largest city on the Savu Sea, is the Indonesian Kupang on the island of Timor with 335,000 inhabitants.

The Savu Sea forms the southwest corner of the Coral Triangle.

- 9.5397222222222122.00333333333 - 3500Koordinaten: 10 ° S, 122 ° E

  • Savu Sea
  • Southeast Asia
  • Sea ( Australasian Mediterranean)
  • Waters in Indonesia
  • Waters in East Timor
Flores Sea
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