A sea within the Indonesian archipelago between Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands, historically famous as the source of the spices, particularly cloves and nutmeg, that drove centuries of European exploration and colonial rivalry in the region.
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Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Lead
The sea known for periodic earthquakes, stemming from the sea overlying a microplate, the Molucca Sea Plate, which is being subducted in two opposite directions: one in the direction of the Eurasian Plate to the west and the other in the direction of the Philippine Sea Plate to the east.
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