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Celebes Sea

The Celebes Sea or Sulawesi Sea of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula, and the west by northern Kalimantan in Indonesia. It extends 605??km (376??mi) north-south by 780??km (485??mi) east-west and has a total surface area of 472,000??km2 (182,000??sq??mi), to a maximum depth of 6,220 metres (20,406??ft). South of the Cape Mangkalihat, the sea opens southwest through the Makassar Strait into the Java Sea.

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    Sulawesi Sea
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    Celebes Sea in its region.svg
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    The Celebes Sea or Sulawesi Sea of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by the Sangihe Islands chain, on the south by Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula, and the west by northern Kalimantan in Indonesia. It extends 605??km (376??mi) north-south by 780??km (485??mi) east-west and has a total surface area of 472,000??km2 (182,000??sq??mi), to a maximum depth of 6,220 metres (20,406??ft). South of the Cape Mangkalihat, the sea opens southwest through the Makassar Strait into the Java Sea.

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