{"id":104550,"date":"2026-05-22T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104550"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:24:52","slug":"bismarck-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bismarck-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Bismarck Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bismarck Sea Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A submarine volcanic eruption in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea has drawn attention to the poor mapping of the deep ocean floor on Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bismarck Sea<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a part of the<\/span><b> southwestern Pacific Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>bounded <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the southwest by the northeast coast of <\/span><b>Papua New Guinea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to the northwest through to the southeast by the <\/span><b>Bismarck Archipelago<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, consisting of the <\/span><b>Admiralty Islands (north), New Ireland (east), and New Britain (southeast).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a total surface area of about 40,000 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>opens to the Pacific on the north <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-solomon-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\">Solomon Sea<\/a> on the southeast through the Vitiaz and Dampier straits and St. George\u2019s Channel.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a general depth of 2,000 meters and maximum depths approaching 2,500 meters, is <\/span><b>divided by a central ridge <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the <\/span><b>eastern New Ireland and western New Guinea sections.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sea was under<\/span><b> German control from about 1885 until 1914 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and bears the <\/span><b>name <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the<\/span><b> German statesman Otto von Bismarck.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>During World War II,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it was the<\/span><b> site of many important naval battles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between the Allied Forces and Japanese troops.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Battle of the Bismarck Sea in March 1943<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a significant event where<\/span><b> Allied forces stopped a Japanese convoy.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the area is explored by historians and divers looking for sunken ships and airplanes. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9live.com\/science\/nasa-tracks-volcano-eruption-in-remote-bismarck-sea-2973256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NEWS9<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck Sea is a part of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. 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