Staring-baai

Staring-baai is a bay off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It lies slightly southeast of Kendari, the provincial capital of South [East Sulawesi], where it opens to the east onto the Banda Sea.
During World War II, the bay was a refueling checkpoint for warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Sorties out of Staring-baai included the air raids on Darwin, [February 19, 1942] and the later Indian Ocean raid against Allied forces and shipping around Ceylon.
Category:Bays of Indonesia
Category:Landforms of Sulawesi
Category:Landforms of West [Nusa Tenggara]