King, Submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on the provisions of the Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty, January 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timor_Sea&oldid=980827248, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using infobox body of water without alt, Articles using infobox body of water without pushpin map, Articles using infobox body of water without alt bathymetry, Articles containing Indonesian-language text, Articles containing Portuguese-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2011, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2008, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 September 2020, at 18:08. [14], Under the terms of the treaty, royalties on petroleum production in the JPDA are split in a 90:10 ratio between East Timor and Australia. Kupang is the first port of call for yachts in the annual Sail Indonesia[19] rally which starts in Darwin, Australia towards the end of July each year. In 2018, Australia agreed to a median line boundary. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1942–1945, and much of the old town was destroyed by allied bombing. Dili is the capital and largest city. Local service sector activities (trading, transport, food and drinks) also employ significant numbers of people in the informal sector. The Australian city of Darwin which is located in part on the shore of the Beagle Gulf, is the nearest large city to the sea. The sea contains a number of reefs, uninhabited islands and significant hydrocarbon reserves. In 1752 the population was 827 Christians and an unspecified number of non-Christians. At this time the place and its hinterland was governed by a raja of the Helong tribe which claimed descent from Ceram in Maluku. The Kupang-Dili route was resumed on 15 December 2017, operated by Air Timor. Kupang became the base of the Dutch struggle against the Portuguese. Search Lonely Planet. It is thought that early humans reached Australia by "island-hopping" across the Timor Sea. The sea contains a number of reefs, uninhabited islands and significant hydrocarbon reserves. However, the VOC was firmly established on Solor in 1646, and renewed contacts with the local raja. Kupang (Indonesian: Kota Kupang, Indonesian pronunciation: ; Dutch spelling: Koepang) is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara, and had an estimated population in 2019 of 434,972. [citation needed] Petroleum production facilities are designed to withstand the effects of cyclones, although as a safety precaution production work is often reduced or temporarily halted and workers evacuated by helicopter to the mainland - usually to Darwin or Dili. The Western [limit] of the Arafura Sea [A line from Cape Don to Tanjong Aro Oesoe, the Southern point of Selaroe (Tanimbar Islands)]. On the North The Southeastern limit of the Savu Sea [By a line from the Southwest point of Timor to the Northeast point of Roti, through this island to its Southwest point] the Southeastern coast of Timor and the Southern limit of the Banda Sea [A line from Tanjong Aro Oesoe, through Sermata to Tanjong Njadora the Southeast point of Lakov (8°16′S 128°14′E / 8.267°S 128.233°E / -8.267; 128.233) along the South coasts of Lakov, Moa and Leti Islands to Tanjong Toet Pateh, the West point of Leti, thence a line to Tanjong Sewirawa the Eastern extremity of Timor]. [14], The Australia–Timor Leste Treaty Establishing Their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea was signed on 6 March 2018 at United Nations headquarters in New York in the presence of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In the early twentieth century, the city was used for landing and refueling by long distance airplane flights between Europe and Australia. Beneath the Timor Sea lie considerable reserves of oil and gas. [10], The Ichthys gas field is a natural gas field located in the Timor Sea, off the northwestern coast of Australia. Timor from Mapcarta, the free map. From Kupang yachts head north to Alor and then stop at various ports in Indonesia over a period of about three months ending up in Singapore. It was revealed in 2013 that the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) planted listening devices to listen to East Timor during negotiations over the Greater Sunrise oil and gasfields. The Big Bank Shoals is an area on the sloping seabed between the continental shelf and the Timor Trough where a number of submerged banks are located. Based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics of Indonesia for 2019, the population of Kupang was 434,972. [1], The largest petroleum project in operation in the Timor Sea is the Bayu-Undan project operated by ConocoPhillips. [1], It is possible that Australia's first inhabitants crossed the Timor Sea from Indonesia at a time when sea levels were lower. In 1967, the city was made the seat of the Diocese of Kupang. Confirmation of the prospectivity of the Timor Sea came when Woodside-Burmah's Big John rig drilled Troubadour No. It overlapped East Timor's own territorial claim, which followed the former colonial power Portugal and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in claiming that the dividing line should be midway between the two countries.