Banda Sea

English thumb|Location of the Banda Sea Etymology en Proper noun Banda Sea 1 en large sea bordering the Pacific Ocean near Indonesia and surrounded by many islands, such as Timor and the Banda Islands. en 2003 Yildirim Dilek Paul T. Robinson Ophiolites in Earth History Geological Society of London 9781862391451 487 The Banda Sea is an interarc basin composed of a series of east-west-trending continental and volcanic ridges separated by anomalously deep oceanic basins. en 2013-02-05 Tomas Tomascik Anmarie J. Mah Ecology of the Indonesian Seas Tuttle Publishing 9781462905027 Two main theories exist regarding the origin of the Banda Sea: 1) old oceanic crust trapped by the bending of the Banda Arc or specifically, trapped Mesozoic lithosphere of Indian Ocean affinities, or 2) an active marginal basin of Cenozoic age. en 2015-08-04 S. John Dickinson The Banda Sea Pirates Booktango 9781468963328 And he was nowhere. This remote island was in the middle of the Banda Sea. The Banda Sea was surrounded by large islands and hazardous rocks. But the middle of the sea was scattered with thousands of small tropical islands and atolls. Translations Banda Sea Czech: cs Bandské moře n French: fr mer de Banda f German: de Bandasee f Hungarian: hu Banda-tenger