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It formed as sea levels rose at the end of the last [[ice age]].<ref>{{cite news

| title =Pleistocene Sea Level Maps | publisher =The Field Museum | yearurl =2003 http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pleistocene-sea-level-maps | url-status=live |archive-url=http https://web.archive.org/web/20240410161956/https://www.fieldmuseum.org/pleistocene-sea-level-maps |archive-date= Apr 10, 2024 }}</ref> Its almost uniformly flat bottom, and the presence of drainage channels (traceable to the mouths of island rivers), indicate that the Sunda Shelf was once a stable, dry, low-relief land area ([[peneplain]]) above which were left standing a few [[monadnocks]] (granite hills that, due to their resistance to erosion, form the present islands).

}}</ref> Its almost uniformly flat bottom, and the presence of drainage channels (traceable to the mouths of island rivers), indicate that the Sunda Shelf was once a stable, dry, low-relief land area ([[peneplain]]) above which were left standing a few [[monadnocks]] (granite hills that, due to their resistance to erosion, form the present islands).

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===Incident===

On 28 December 2014, [[Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501]] crashed into the Java Sea while on route to [[Singapore]] from [[Surabaya]], East Java. All 162 passengers and crew were killed.<ref>[{{Cite news |last=Kaiman |first=Jonathan |last2=Farrell |first2=Paul |last3=Safi |first3=Michael |date=2014-12-30 |title=AirAsia flight: teams retrieve bodies from Java Sea |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/30/missing-airasia-flight-qz8501-teams-retrieve-bodies-java-sea AirAsia|work=The flight:Guardian teams|language=en-GB retrieve bodies from|url-status=live Java Sea]|archive-url=https://web. The Guardianarchive.org/web/20240413082427/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/30/missing-airasia-flight-qz8501-teams-retrieve-bodies-java-sea Dec|archive-date= 30Apr 13, 2014.2024 }}</ref>

On 29 October 2018, [[Lion Air Flight 610]] crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from [[Soekarno–Hatta International Airport]] in [[Jakarta]] heading towards [[Depati Amir Airport]] in [[Pangkal Pinang]]. All 189 passengers and crew on board are presumed dead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/lion-air-flight-crashes-in-indonesia-20181029-p50cmu.html|title=Lion Air flight crashes in Indonesia |last=Noyes|firstfirst1=James |last1=Massola, |first2=Karuni |last2=Rompies |first3=Amilia |last3=Rosa |first4=Jenny |last4=Noyes |date=2018-10-29|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>

On 9 January 2021, a Boeing 737-500 (PK-CLC) operating as [[Sriwijaya Air Flight 182]], crashed, near Laki Island, shortly after taking off from [[Soekarno–Hatta International Airport]], en route to [[Supadio International Airport]], with 50 passengers and 12 crew members aboard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|title = Dozens feared dead after Boeing 737 drops 10,000ft into sea off Indonesia| website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

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==Further reading==

* Touwen, Jeroen (editor) (2001) ''Shipping and trade in the Java Sea region, 1870-1940 : a collection of statistics on the major Java Sea ports'' {{ISBN|90-6718-162-5}}

* (2008) "Java Sea a study on its economic impacts.".

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