The Java Sea is 162,662 square nautical miles and is bounded by Sumatra to the west, Borneo to the north, and Java to the south. Comprising the southern extension of the Sunda Shelf of continental Southeast Asia, it is 20–60 m deep and is...

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 exist in the area such as Karimunjawa. The Thousand Islands are located north of the mainland Jakarta. The...

As he yelled "Follow me!" in one of the most desperate and illconceived sea battles in modem times, an ad hoc fleet of Allied warships was unnecessarily squandered in a do-or-die encounter that became the Armageddon of ego-driven Dutch Admiral Karel Doorman Battered,...

An ill-matched fleet of Allied warships tried to stave off the Japanese invasion of Java with disastrous results. Eleven out of 15 ships, including the cruiser USS HOUSTON, were needlessly sacrificed in World War II's most inept naval battle SYNOPSIS OF...

Rescue ships collected scores of bloated bodies Monday from seas close to where a ferry sank in the Java Sea, but search teams also spotted survivors on life rafts and dropped food and water to them, officials said.Weeping relatives camped out at ports and a...

A fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry carrying 350 passengers Thursday, killing at least eight people, injuring dozens and prompting a massive rescue operation, port and navy officials said.Scores of survivors were plucked from the Java Sea and the ship's charred hull, but more...