Cenderawasih Bay

Cenderawasih Bay
Teluk Cenderawasih (Indonesian)
Location of Cenderawasih Bay
Location of Cenderawasih Bay
Location of Cenderawasih Bay in Western New Guinea
Location of Cenderawasih Bay in Western New Guinea
Cenderawasih Bay
LocationWestern New Guinea
Coordinates2°30′00″S 135°20′00″E / 2.50000°S 135.33333°E / -2.50000; 135.33333
TypeBay
Basin countries Indonesia
Max. width450 kilometres (280 mi)
Max. depth1,627 metres (5,338 ft)

Cenderawasih Bay (Indonesian: Teluk Cenderawasih, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay (Indonesian: Teluk Sarera) and formerly Geelvink Bay (Dutch: Geelvinkbaai), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia.[1]

  1. ^ Teluk Sarera: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA