The Celebes Sea (or the Sulawesi Sea (Malay: Laut Sulawesi) 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, and on the west by Kalimantan in Indonesia . The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Sulu Archipelago is an island chain in the southwest Philippines. The Sulu Sea is a large sea in the southwestern area of the Philippines. Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost Island in the Philippines. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The Sangihe Islands (or Sangir Islands; Indonesian: Kabupaten Sangihe) is a group of Islands in northern Indonesia, northeast of Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes, ˈsɛlɛbiz is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the In most languages in the world the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while for Indonesians the name "Kalimantan" The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. The Sea is in the form of a huge basin, and plunges as deep as 6,200 m. It extends 420 miles (675 km) north-south by 520 miles (837 km) east-west and has a total surface area of 110,000 square miles (280,000 square km). The sea opens southwest through the Makassar Strait into the Java Sea. Makassar Strait is a Strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. Java Sea (Laut Jawa is a large (310000 km² shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf.
The Celebes Sea is a piece of an ancient ocean basin that formed 42 million years ago in a setting far from any land mass. Hydrologically an oceanic basin may be anywhere on Earth that is covered by Seawater, but geologically ocean basins are large geologic basins By 20 million years ago, crustal movement had pushed the Celebes basin close enough to the Indonesian and Philippine volcanoes to receive volcanic debris. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the By 10 million years ago the Celebes Sea was inundated with continental debris, including coal, which was shed from a rapidly growing young mountain on Borneo and the basin had docked against Eurasia.
The border between the Celebes and the Sulu Sea is at the Sibutu-Basilan Ridge. Strong ocean currents, deep sea trenches and seamounts, combined with active volcanic islands, result in complex oceanographic features. An ocean current is continuous directed movement of Ocean water. The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor A seamount is a Mountain rising from the Ocean Seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface ( Sea level) and thus is not an Island An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Oceanography (from the greek words Ωκεανός meaning Ocean and γράφω meaning to write also called oceanology or
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Celebes Sea pirates
The Celebes Sea has somewhat attained an international notoriety for its pirates who prey not only on small time fishermen but also giant container ships. Piracy is Robbery committed at sea or sometimes on shore without a commission from a sovereign Nation (as distinct from Privateering Nowadays, these pirates have high-tech weapons and equipment like radar and GPS navigation devices and ride on high-speed motorboats. Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth
Marine life
The Celebes Sea is home to a wide variety of fish and aquatic creatures. Maitum is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sarangani, Philippines. The tropical setting and warm clear waters permit it to harbor about 580 of the world's 793 species of reef-building corals, which grow as some of the most bio-diverse coral reefs in the world, and an impressive array of marine life, including whales and dolphins, sea turtles, manta rays, eagle rays, barracuda, marlin and other reef and pelagic species. Corals are Marine organisms from the class Anthozoa and exist as small Sea anemone –like Polyps typically in colonies of many Whales are marine mammals which are neither Dolphins (ie members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor Porpoises Orcas Dolphins are Marine mammals that are closely related to Whales and Porpoises There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. Sea turtles ( Superfamily Chelonioidea) are Turtles found in all the world's oceans except the Arctic Ocean. The manta ray ( Manta birostris) is the largest of the rays, with the largest known specimen having been more than 7 Eagle rays (the Myliobatidae family of Fish) are a family of mostly large rays living in the open ocean rather than at the bottom of the sea The barracuda is a Ray-finned fish known for its large size (up to 16 ft in length and up to a foot in width for some species) and fearsome appearance Marlin, Istiophoridae, is a member of a larger grouping of marine Fishes known as "billfish" of which several are popular in Big-game fishing Any water in the sea that is not close to the bottom is in the pelagic zone. Tuna and yellow fin tuna are also abundant. Tuna, are several Species of ocean-dwelling Fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus.
In addition to high abundance of fish caught in the Celebes sea, this sea also yields other aquatic products like sea tang.
Commercial significance
An important transport route for trade and commerce in the region. It is a popular site for deep sea diving and luxury ocean cruising. Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island.
See also
- Davao Gulf
- Moro Gulf
- Coastal areas of Sarangani
- Sarangani Bay
- Maitum, Sarangani
External links
- Ocean Explorer (www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov) - Public outreach site for explorations sponsored by the Office of Ocean Exploration. Davao Gulf is a gulf found in Mindanao in the Philippines. Davao Gulf cuts into the island of Mindanao from Celebes Sea. The Moro Gulf is a gulf in Mindanao in the Philippines. It is part of Celebes Sea and is surrounded by the Zamboanga Peninsula and Sarangani Bay is a Bay located in the Philippines. The province of Sarangani (created in 1992) is named after the bay Maitum is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sarangani, Philippines.
- Exploring the Inner Space of the Celebes Sea 2007 - A rich collection of images, video and audio podcast.
- NOAA, Ocean Explorer YouTube Channel
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