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Celebes Sea
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Celebes Sea

Arm of the Pacific Ocean, with the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao on the north, Sulawesi on the south, and Borneo on the west, covering an area of 280,000 sq km/108,108 sq mi. It consists of a steep-sided basin and has an active submarine volcano rising from a depth of 4,000 m/13,000 ft.



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Relations have dived since June when Indonesia said Malaysian warships entered oil-rich waters of the disputed Ambalat area in the Sulawesi sea off northeastern Borneo island.
In March 2005 came a conflict with Malaysia over petroleum-rich offshore areas at the Sulawesi Sea, which the leaders of the two neighbouring states agreed to resolve peacefully.
The archipelagic sea lane that is used to exercise the right of archipelagic sea lane passage for navigation from the Sulawesi Sea to the Indian Ocean or in the opposite direction, for traversing the Makassar Strait, the Flores Sea and the Lombok Strait is Archilepagic Sea Lane II, which constitutes the axis lines connecting points II-1 to 11-8, as detailed in the List of Coordinates and explained in article 12, paragraph 2.
 
 
 
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