Mamungari Sea

The Mamungari Sea (navally the Mamungari Strait) is a geographic location in Oceania. It splits both halves of Australia, and entrance to the Strait is disputed depending on which location it is being entered through. The area itself's name is disputed; some places call it a sea (New South Wales), while some places call it a strait (Victoria). Officially, it is defined as a sea by the United Nations.

Extent
The United Nations officially defines the Mamungari Sea as starting from the borders of Tasmania and stretching upwards to border southern Papua New Guinea. The entrances of the Mamungari Sea include from Tasmania and P.N.G, though some say that it stretches several naval miles far away.

Etymology
The name "Mamungari" comes from the Mamungari Conservation Park in real life Australia. It was named due to the sea's relative location. In-universe, Mamungari is sometimes written "Mamugari", and is abbreviated as "Mamu".

Denizens of the Sea are referred to as Mamungarians.

History
The Mamungari Sea was for hundreds of years considered by the local Aborigines to be an ocean, in which once they could sail could find a mythical place. Some of the lucky ones who managed to survive a trip to both sides found that the divided continent was equally desolate, and so it was for the Scottish expedition team to Australia, who colonized it and formed the colonies that would soon become New South Wales and Victoria. The sea itself was used as mainly sea transport for whatever ships would sail through the thin strait and when ports were constructed on both sides, it would be heavily overcrowded due to it's major usage compared to most of the rest.

In 1935, Scotland began to use what technology it had stored in Australia to attempt to build several bridges over the Strait. This failed merely two days in because of the whole ships-go-through-this-area thing, and it would definitely either destroy the bridge or cause serious traffic.

After the decolonization of both sides of the continent, both began to fight over who would have the better half of the Mamungari Sea. To this day, both sides have disputed territory in the Sea on a level verbally as with the strait-sea debate.

Oceanography and Climate
The sea itself is between two arid deserts with some greener lands. Due to the hefty wind that arises in Australia, dust storms that transfer over the Mamungari Sea are quite common. Reef systems rarely form in the Mamungari Sea due to heavy sea transport in the area, and it mass-exchanges water with the majority of the Pacific Sea that surrounds it and Australia.

The climate of the area can reach as high as 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54 degrees Celsius) due to a combination of a mostly dry environment and differential heating. This high temperature is often seen near the middle of the sea itself, and it is much cooler between the two entrances to there. In the heat, the average temperature is around 73 degrees Fahrenheit, and in the cold an average of 62 degrees Fahrenheit. (22 degrees Celsius and 16 degrees Celsius respectively.)