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Staring-baai

Coordinates: 4°5′14″S 122°43′32″E / 4.08722°S 122.72556°E / -4.08722; 122.72556
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Staring-baai (Dutch for Staring Bay) 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.

4°5′14″S 122°43′32″E / 4.08722°S 122.72556°E / -4.08722; 122.72556

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