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About Arafura Sea, facts and mapsworld maritime boundaries atlas · 2023-02-14The Arafura Sea name is therefore from the indigenous name for "the people of mountains" in the Moluccas (part of Indonesia) as identified by Dutch Lieutenants About Tasman Sea, facts and mapsworld maritime boundaries atlas · 2023-02-11The sea was named for the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman, who navigated it in 1642. Its New Zealand and Australian shorelines were explored in the 1770s by the Bri