Flores SeaBahasa Indonesia Laut Floresportion Style changes only, no facts to check. CR 4/18/07portion of the western South Pacific Ocean, bounded on the north by the island of Celebes (Sulawesi) and on the south by the Lesser Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa. Occupying a total surface area of 93,000 sq mi square miles (240,000 sq square km), it opens northwest through Makassar Strait to the Celebes Sea, west to the Java Sea, and east to the Banda Sea. Teluk (gulf of) Bone cuts deeply into the Celebes coast. The sea’s basin is divided into four distinct regions. One, in physiographic areas. In the west , is a broad plateau with at a general depth of 1,650 ft feet (500 mmetres). Submarine ; submarine mounts rising rise from this bank Should period after “bank” be deleted?and are often capped by coral atolls. Two deeper channels cross this region, leading southeast to the In the south is the Flores Basin (just north of the island of Flores). There , where the sea plunges to its greatest depth, 16,860 ft feet (5,140 mmetres). Extending To the north of the this trough, two ridges (the western reaching above water as Selayar Island) , flanking flank a shallower trough (maximum 11,060 ft feet [3,370 mmetres]) , stretch that stretches to the island of Celebes. The last region, south of Teluk Bone, is on the east, bordering the Banda Sea. In the winter, surface currents trend southwest only to reverse themselves during the summer.