The Savu Sea is also known as the Sawu Sea. It is a small sea within Indonesia named for the island of Savu (Sawu) on its southern boundary.
It is bounded by Savu and Rai Jua to the south, the islands of Rote and Timor (split between East Timor and Indonesia) to the east, Flores and the Alor archipelago to the north/northwest, and the island of Sumba to the east/northeast.
Between these islands, it flows into the Indian Ocean to the south and west, the Flores Sea to the north, and the Banda Sea to the south.
The Savu Sea has a depth of around 3500 metres deep. It spans about 600km from west to east, and 200km from north to south.
The largest city on the sea is Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara province on the island of Timor, with about 450,000 inhabitants.
