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Fishing is an important economic activity in the Java Sea. There are over 3,000 species of marine life in the area. A number of national parks exist in the area such as [[Karimunjawa]]. The [[Thousand Islands (Indonesia)|Thousand Islands]] are located north of the mainland [[Jakarta]]. The area around the Java Sea is a popular [[tourist]] destination. [[Scuba diving]] offers a chance to explore and photograph underwater caverns, wrecks, [[coral]], [[sponge]]s, and other marine life.

The [[Battle of the Java Sea]], wasduring theFebruary siteand March of 1942, was one of the costliest [[Battle of the Java Sea|naval battle]]s of [[World War II]], during February and March of 1942. The naval forces of the [[Netherlands]], [[Britain]], [[Australia]], and the U.S. were nearly completely destroyed trying to defend Java from [[Japan]]ese attack.

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