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class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Largest seas by area</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Largest_seas_by_area-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marginal_seas_by_ocean" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marginal_seas_by_ocean"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Marginal seas by ocean</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Marginal_seas_by_ocean-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Marginal seas by ocean subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Marginal_seas_by_ocean-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arctic_Ocean" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arctic_Ocean"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Arctic 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Northern_islands" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Northern_islands"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>Northern islands</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Northern_islands-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_Ocean" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Ocean"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Indian Ocean</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Ocean-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pacific_Ocean" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pacific_Ocean"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Pacific Ocean</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pacific_Ocean-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Americas_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Americas_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Americas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Americas_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Australia_and_Eurasia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia_and_Eurasia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.2</span> <span>Australia and Eurasia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australia_and_Eurasia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Southern_Ocean" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Southern_Ocean"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Southern Ocean</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Southern_Ocean-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Defined_by_ocean_currents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Defined_by_ocean_currents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Defined by ocean currents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Defined_by_ocean_currents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Not_included" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Not_included"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Not included</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Not_included-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listn_vo_de_Meeare" title="Listn vo de Meeare – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Listn vo de Meeare" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udorongodzwa_hwe_mabhahari" title="Udorongodzwa hwe mabhahari – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Udorongodzwa hwe mabhahari" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Meere" title="Liste der Meere – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Meere" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4lismaa_merede_ja_lahtede_loend" title="Välismaa merede ja lahtede loend – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Välismaa merede ja lahtede loend" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%83%CF%8E%CE%BD" title="Κατάλογος θαλασσών – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κατάλογος θαλασσών" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_mers_et_oc%C3%A9ans" title="Liste des mers et océans – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste des mers et océans" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendice:Lista_de_mares_del_Terra" title="Appendice:Lista de mares del Terra – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Appendice:Lista de mares del Terra" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ימים ואוקיינוסים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ימים ואוקיינוסים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF" title="ಸಮುದ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಗರಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಸಮುದ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಗರಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%96%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ზღვების სია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ზღვების სია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasaules_oke%C4%81ni_un_j%C5%ABras" title="Pasaules okeāni un jūras – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pasaules okeāni un jūras" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mares,_golfos,_e_stretas" title="Mares, golfos, e stretas – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Mares, golfos, e stretas" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="समुद्रांची यादी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="समुद्रांची यादी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senarai_laut" title="Senarai laut – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Senarai laut" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_hav" title="Liste over hav – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Liste over hav" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%80" title="ਸਮੁੰਦਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸਮੁੰਦਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%BA_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%81%DB%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="سمندراں دی فہرست – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سمندراں دی فہرست" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_mares" title="Lista de mares – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de mares" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%C4%83_de_m%C4%83ri" title="Listă de mări – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Listă de mări" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_seas" title="List of seas – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="List of seas" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%8C%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A1%D9%8E_%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%DA%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="ڌرتيءَ تي سمنڊن جي فهرست – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڌرتيءَ تي سمنڊن جي فهرست" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_merialueista" title="Luettelo merialueista – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Luettelo merialueista" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_%C3%B6ver_hav" title="Lista över hav – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Lista över hav" data-language-autonym="Svenska" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Seas_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Seas (disambiguation)">Seas (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oceans_and_seas_boundaries_map-en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Oceans_and_seas_boundaries_map-en.svg/400px-Oceans_and_seas_boundaries_map-en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Oceans_and_seas_boundaries_map-en.svg/600px-Oceans_and_seas_boundaries_map-en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Oceans_and_seas_boundaries_map-en.svg/800px-Oceans_and_seas_boundaries_map-en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2029" /></a><figcaption>Marginal seas as defined by the <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>This is a <b>list of seas</b> of the <a href="/wiki/Ocean#World_Ocean" title="Ocean">World Ocean</a>, including marginal seas, areas of water, various <a href="/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf">gulfs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bight_(geography)" title="Bight (geography)">bights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">bays</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">straits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In many cases it is a matter of tradition for a body of water to be named a sea or a bay, etc., therefore all these types are listed here. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">Ocean</a> – the four to seven largest named bodies of water in the World Ocean, all of which have "Ocean" in the name <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">(see: <a href="/wiki/Borders_of_the_oceans" title="Borders of the oceans">Borders of the oceans</a> for details)</span>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea" title="Sea">Sea</a> has several definitions:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>A division of an ocean, delineated by landforms,<sup id="cite_ref-oceanservice.noaa_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oceanservice.noaa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> currents (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Sargasso_Sea" title="Sargasso Sea">Sargasso Sea</a>), or specific latitude or longitude boundaries. This includes but is not limited to marginal seas, and this is the definition used for inclusion in this list.</li> <li>A <b>marginal sea</b> is a division of an ocean, partially enclosed by <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelagos</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsulas</a>, adjacent to or widely open to the open ocean at the surface, and/or bounded by <a href="/wiki/Submarine_ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Submarine ridge">submarine ridges</a> on the sea floor.<sup id="cite_ref-Mapping_1994_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mapping_1994-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The World Ocean. For example, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea">Law of the Sea</a> states that all of the World Ocean is "sea",<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-geography.about_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geography.about-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this is also common usage for "the sea".</li> <li>Any large body of water with "Sea" in the name, including lakes.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River" title="River">River</a> – a narrow strip of water that flows over land from a higher elevation to a lower one</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">Tributary</a> – a small river that flows into a larger one</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">Estuary</a> – the piece of a river that flows into the sea or ocean</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">Strait</a> – a narrow area of water connecting two wider areas of water, also sometimes known as a passage</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_(geography)" title="Channel (geography)">Channel</a> – usually wider than a strait</li> <li>Passage – connects waters between islands, also sometimes known as a strait</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">Canal</a> – a human-made channel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fjard" title="Fjard">Fjard</a> – a large open water between groups of islands</li></ul> <p>There are several terms used for bulges of ocean that result from indentations of land, which overlap in definition, and which are not consistently differentiated:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay" title="Bay">Bay</a> – generic term; though most features with "Bay" in the name are small, some are very large</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf">Gulf</a> – a very large bay, often a top-level division of an ocean or sea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fjord" title="Fjord">Fjord</a> – a long bay with steep sides, typically formed by a <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bight_(geography)" title="Bight (geography)">Bight</a> – a bay that is typically shallower than a sound</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sound_(geography)" title="Sound (geography)">Sound</a> – a large, wide bay which is typically deeper than a bight, or a strait</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cove" title="Cove">Cove</a> – a small, typically sheltered bay with a relatively narrow entrance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inlet" title="Inlet">Inlet</a> – a narrow and long bay similar to a land peninsula, but adjoining the sea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynya" title="Polynya">Polynya</a> – least used of these terms, a patch of water surrounded by ice</li></ul> <p>Many features could be considered to be more than one of these, and all of these terms are used in <a href="/wiki/Toponymy" title="Toponymy">place names</a> inconsistently; especially bays, gulfs, and bights, which can be very large or very small. This list includes large areas of water no matter the term used in the name. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Largest_seas_by_area">Largest seas by area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Largest seas by area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest terrestrial seas, in decreasing order of area, are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a> – 5.695 million km<sup>2</sup> (2.199 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a> – 4.791 million km<sup>2</sup> (1.850 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Mediterranean_Sea" title="American Mediterranean Sea">American Mediterranean Sea</a> – 4.200 million km<sup>2</sup> (1.622 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> – 3.862 million km<sup>2</sup> (1.491 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargasso_Sea" title="Sargasso Sea">Sargasso Sea</a> – 3.5 million km<sup>2</sup> (1.4 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> – 3.5 million km<sup>2</sup> (1.4 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddell_Sea" title="Weddell Sea">Weddell Sea</a> – 2.8 million km<sup>2</sup> (1.1 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> – 2.754 million km<sup>2</sup> (1.063 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> – 2.510 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.969 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a> – 2.35 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.91 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a> – 2.3 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.89 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a> – 2.172 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.839 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bering_Sea" title="Bering Sea">Bering Sea</a> – 2 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.77 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Okhotsk" title="Sea of Okhotsk">Sea of Okhotsk</a> – 1.583 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.611 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> – 1.550 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.598 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Alaska" title="Gulf of Alaska">Gulf of Alaska</a> – 1.533 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.592 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barents_Sea" title="Barents Sea">Barents Sea</a> – 1.4 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.54 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Sea" title="Norwegian Sea">Norwegian Sea</a> – 1.383 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.534 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> – 1.249 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.482 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay" title="Hudson Bay">Hudson Bay</a> – 1.23 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.47 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_Sea" title="Greenland Sea">Greenland Sea</a> – 1.205 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.465 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somov_Sea" title="Somov Sea">Somov Sea</a> – 1.15 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.44 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar_de_Grau" title="Mar de Grau">Mar de Grau</a> – 1.14 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.44 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riiser-Larsen_Sea" title="Riiser-Larsen Sea">Riiser-Larsen Sea</a> – 1.138 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.439 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> – 1.05 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.41 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Sea" title="Argentine Sea">Argentine Sea</a> – 1 million km<sup>2</sup> (0.39 million sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Siberian_Sea" title="East Siberian Sea">East Siberian Sea</a> – 987,000 km<sup>2</sup> (381,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarev_Sea" title="Lazarev Sea">Lazarev Sea</a> – 929,000 km<sup>2</sup> (359,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kara_Sea" title="Kara Sea">Kara Sea</a> – 926,000 km<sup>2</sup> (358,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotia_Sea" title="Scotia Sea">Scotia Sea</a> – 900,000 km<sup>2</sup> (350,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labrador_Sea" title="Labrador Sea">Labrador Sea</a> – 841,000 km<sup>2</sup> (325,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_Sea" title="Andaman Sea">Andaman Sea</a> – 797,700 km<sup>2</sup> (308,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Laccadive Sea</a> – 786,000 km<sup>2</sup> (303,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irminger_Sea" title="Irminger Sea">Irminger Sea</a> – 780,000 km<sup>2</sup> (300,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea" title="Solomon Sea">Solomon Sea</a> – 720,000 km<sup>2</sup> (280,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Channel" title="Mozambique Channel">Mozambique Channel</a> – 700,000 km<sup>2</sup> (270,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmonauts_Sea" title="Cosmonauts Sea">Cosmonauts Sea</a> – 699,000 km<sup>2</sup> (270,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banda_Sea" title="Banda Sea">Banda Sea</a> – 695,000 km<sup>2</sup> (268,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baffin_Bay" title="Baffin Bay">Baffin Bay</a> – 689,000 km<sup>2</sup> (266,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laptev_Sea" title="Laptev Sea">Laptev Sea</a> – 662,000 km<sup>2</sup> (256,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arafura_Sea" title="Arafura Sea">Arafura Sea</a> – 650,000 km<sup>2</sup> (250,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Sea" title="Ross Sea">Ross Sea</a> – 637,000 km<sup>2</sup> (246,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chukchi_Sea" title="Chukchi Sea">Chukchi Sea</a> – 620,000 km<sup>2</sup> (240,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timor_Sea" title="Timor Sea">Timor Sea</a> – 610,000 km<sup>2</sup> (240,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> – 575,000 km<sup>2</sup> (222,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellingshausen_Sea" title="Bellingshausen Sea">Bellingshausen Sea</a> – 487,000 km<sup>2</sup> (188,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_Sea" title="Beaufort Sea">Beaufort Sea</a> – 476,000 km<sup>2</sup> (184,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> – 438,000 km<sup>2</sup> (169,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> – 436,000 km<sup>2</sup> (168,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a> – 410,000 km<sup>2</sup> (160,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow Sea</a> – 380,000 km<sup>2</sup> (150,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> – 377,000 km<sup>2</sup> (146,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a> – 371,000 km<sup>2</sup> (143,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Sea" title="Libyan Sea">Libyan Sea</a> – 350,000 km<sup>2</sup> (140,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawson_Sea" title="Mawson Sea">Mawson Sea</a> – 333,000 km<sup>2</sup> (129,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levantine_Sea" title="Levantine Sea">Levantine Sea</a> – 320,000 km<sup>2</sup> (120,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Java_Sea" title="Java Sea">Java Sea</a> – 320,000 km<sup>2</sup> (120,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Thailand" title="Gulf of Thailand">Gulf of Thailand</a> – 320,000 km<sup>2</sup> (120,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Sea" title="Celtic Sea">Celtic Sea</a> – 300,000 km<sup>2</sup> (120,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a> – 300,000 km<sup>2</sup> (120,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celebes_Sea" title="Celebes Sea">Celebes Sea</a> – 280,000 km<sup>2</sup> (110,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrhenian_Sea" title="Tyrrhenian Sea">Tyrrhenian Sea</a> – 275,000 km<sup>2</sup> (106,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a> – 260,000 km<sup>2</sup> (100,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperation_Sea" title="Cooperation Sea">Cooperation Sea</a> – 258,000 km<sup>2</sup> (100,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> – 251,000 km<sup>2</sup> (97,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flores_Sea" title="Flores Sea">Flores Sea</a> – 240,000 km<sup>2</sup> (93,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_St._Lawrence" title="Gulf of St. Lawrence">Gulf of St. Lawrence</a> – 226,000 km<sup>2</sup> (87,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a> – 223,000 km<sup>2</sup> (86,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> – 214,000 km<sup>2</sup> (83,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Anadyr" title="Gulf of Anadyr">Gulf of Anadyr</a> – 200,000 km<sup>2</sup> (77,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molucca_Sea" title="Molucca Sea">Molucca Sea</a> – 200,000 km<sup>2</sup> (77,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Oman Sea">Oman Sea</a> – 181,000 km<sup>2</sup> (70,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a> – 169,000 km<sup>2</sup> (65,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_California" title="Gulf of California">Gulf of California</a> – 160,000 km<sup>2</sup> (62,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balearic_Sea" title="Balearic Sea">Balearic Sea</a> – 150,000 km<sup>2</sup> (58,000 sq mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a> – 138,000 km<sup>2</sup> (53,000 sq mi)</li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marginal_seas_by_ocean">Marginal seas by ocean</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marginal seas by ocean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Seas may be considered marginal between ocean and land, or between oceans in which case they may be treated as marginal parts of either. There is no single ultimate authority on the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arctic_Ocean">Arctic Ocean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arctic Ocean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(clockwise from 180°) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chukchi_Sea" title="Chukchi Sea">Chukchi Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Siberian_Sea" title="East Siberian Sea">East Siberian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laptev_Sea" title="Laptev Sea">Laptev Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kara_Sea" title="Kara Sea">Kara Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barents_Sea" title="Barents Sea">Barents Sea</a> (connected to the <a href="/wiki/Kara_Sea" title="Kara Sea">Kara Sea</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kara_Strait" title="Kara Strait">Kara Strait</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pechora_Sea" title="Pechora Sea">Pechora Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Sea" title="White Sea">White Sea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Sea" title="Queen Victoria Sea">Queen Victoria Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandel_Sea" title="Wandel Sea">Wandel Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_Sea" title="Greenland Sea">Greenland Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Sea" title="Lincoln Sea">Lincoln Sea</a> (recognized by the <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">IHO</a> but not the <a href="/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization" title="International Maritime Organization">IMO</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baffin_Bay" title="Baffin Bay">Baffin Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Northwest_Passages" class="mw-redirect" title="The Northwest Passages">The Northwest Passages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Gustaf_Adolf_Sea" title="Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea">Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amundsen_Gulf" title="Amundsen Gulf">Amundsen Gulf</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay" title="Hudson Bay">Hudson Bay</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foxe_Basin" title="Foxe Basin">Foxe Basin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bowman_Bay_(Nunavut)" title="Bowman Bay (Nunavut)">Bowman Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wager_Bay" title="Wager Bay">Wager Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roes_Welcome_Sound" title="Roes Welcome Sound">Roes Welcome Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxe_Channel" title="Foxe Channel">Foxe Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Gods_Mercy" title="Bay of Gods Mercy">Bay of Gods Mercy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Strait" title="Hudson Strait">Hudson Strait</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ungava_Bay" title="Ungava Bay">Ungava Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_Bay" title="Native Bay">Native Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans_Strait" title="Evans Strait">Evans Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_Strait" title="Fisher Strait">Fisher Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Bay" title="James Bay">James Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_Sea" title="Beaufort Sea">Beaufort Sea</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlantic_Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Atlantic Ocean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the marginal seas listed in the three subsections below, the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean" title="Arctic Ocean">Arctic Ocean</a> itself is sometimes also considered a marginal sea of the Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-Wang1992_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wang1992-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Longhurst2007_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Longhurst2007-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Africa_and_Eurasia">Africa and Eurasia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Africa and Eurasia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Europ%C3%A4isches_Nordmeer_mit_Grenzen.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Europ%C3%A4isches_Nordmeer_mit_Grenzen.png/220px-Europ%C3%A4isches_Nordmeer_mit_Grenzen.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Europ%C3%A4isches_Nordmeer_mit_Grenzen.png/330px-Europ%C3%A4isches_Nordmeer_mit_Grenzen.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Europ%C3%A4isches_Nordmeer_mit_Grenzen.png/440px-Europ%C3%A4isches_Nordmeer_mit_Grenzen.png 2x" data-file-width="989" data-file-height="901" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Sea" title="Norwegian Sea">Norwegian Sea</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ionian_Sea_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ionian_Sea_map.png/220px-Ionian_Sea_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ionian_Sea_map.png/330px-Ionian_Sea_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ionian_Sea_map.png/440px-Ionian_Sea_map.png 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="676" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adriatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Adriatic">Adriatic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tyrrhenian_Sea" title="Tyrrhenian Sea">Tyrrhenian</a> are all <a href="/wiki/Marginal_seas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marginal seas">marginal seas</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Sea" title="Norwegian Sea">Norwegian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kattegat" title="Kattegat">Kattegat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skagerrak" title="Skagerrak">Skagerrak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadden_Sea" title="Wadden Sea">Wadden Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogger_Bank" title="Dogger Bank">Dogger Bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Bothnia" title="Gulf of Bothnia">Gulf of Bothnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kvarken" title="Kvarken">Kvarken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bothnian_Sea" title="Bothnian Sea">Bothnian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Kvarken" title="South Kvarken">South Kvarken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_%C3%85land" title="Sea of Åland">Sea of Åland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_Sea" title="Archipelago Sea">Archipelago Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Finland" title="Gulf of Finland">Gulf of Finland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vyborg_Bay" title="Vyborg Bay">Vyborg Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neva_Bay" title="Neva Bay">Neva Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koporye_Bay" title="Koporye Bay">Koporye Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luga_Bay" title="Luga Bay">Luga Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narva_Bay" title="Narva Bay">Narva Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4inameri" title="Väinameri">Väinameri Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Riga" title="Gulf of Riga">Gulf of Riga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curonian_Lagoon" title="Curonian Lagoon">Curonian Lagoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vistula_Lagoon" title="Vistula Lagoon">Vistula Lagoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk_Bay" title="Gdańsk Bay">Gdańsk Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Pomerania" title="Bay of Pomerania">Bay of Pomerania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Szczecin_Lagoon" title="Szczecin Lagoon">Szczecin Lagoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Greifswald" title="Bay of Greifswald">Bay of Greifswald</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCgischer_Bodden" title="Rügischer Bodden">Rügischer Bodden</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strelasund" title="Strelasund">Strelasund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_L%C3%BCbeck" title="Bay of Lübeck">Bay of Lübeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Kiel" title="Bay of Kiel">Bay of Kiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmar_Strait" title="Kalmar Strait">Kalmar Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bight_of_Han%C3%B6" class="mw-redirect" title="Bight of Hanö">Bight of Hanö</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_straits" title="Danish straits">Danish straits</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oresund_Strait" class="mw-redirect" title="Oresund Strait">Oresund Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt" title="Fehmarn Belt">Fehmarn Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Belt" title="Great Belt">Great Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Belt" title="Little Belt">Little Belt</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Dover" title="Strait of Dover">Strait of Dover</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Sea" title="Celtic Sea">Celtic Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iroise_Sea" title="Iroise Sea">Iroise Sea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantabrian_Sea" title="Cantabrian Sea">Cantabrian Sea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_C%C3%A1diz" title="Gulf of Cádiz">Gulf of Cádiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alboran_Sea" title="Alboran Sea">Alboran Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar_Menor" title="Mar Menor">Mar Menor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balearic_Sea" title="Balearic Sea">Balearic (Catalan) Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Valencia" title="Gulf of Valencia">Gulf of Valencia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Lion" title="Gulf of Lion">Gulf of Lion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89tang_de_Thau" title="Étang de Thau">Étang de Thau</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligurian_Sea" title="Ligurian Sea">Ligurian Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Genoa" title="Gulf of Genoa">Gulf of Genoa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrhenian_Sea" title="Tyrrhenian Sea">Tyrrhenian Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Naples" title="Gulf of Naples">Gulf of Naples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Salerno" title="Gulf of Salerno">Gulf of Salerno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Cagliari" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of Cagliari">Gulf of Cagliari</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor" title="Bay of Kotor">Bay of Kotor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kvarner_Gulf" title="Kvarner Gulf">Kvarner Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Venice" title="Gulf of Venice">Gulf of Venice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Trieste" title="Gulf of Trieste">Gulf of Trieste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Lagoon" title="Venetian Lagoon">Venetian Lagoon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Manfredonia" title="Gulf of Manfredonia">Gulf of Manfredonia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Taranto" title="Gulf of Taranto">Gulf of Taranto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Corfu" title="Straits of Corfu">Straits of Corfu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambracian_Gulf" title="Ambracian Gulf">Ambracian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Patras" title="Gulf of Patras">Gulf of Patras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Corinth" title="Gulf of Corinth">Gulf of Corinth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Kyparissia" title="Gulf of Kyparissia">Gulf of Kyparissia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messenian_Gulf" title="Messenian Gulf">Messenian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laconian_Gulf" title="Laconian Gulf">Laconian Gulf</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Myrtoan_Sea" title="Myrtoan Sea">Myrtoan Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argolic_Gulf" title="Argolic Gulf">Argolic Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saronic_Gulf" title="Saronic Gulf">Saronic Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petalioi_Gulf" title="Petalioi Gulf">Petalioi Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Euboean_Gulf" title="South Euboean Gulf">South Euboean Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Euboean_Gulf" title="North Euboean Gulf">North Euboean Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_Gulf" title="Malian Gulf">Malian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagasetic_Gulf" title="Pagasetic Gulf">Pagasetic Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermaic_Gulf" title="Thermaic Gulf">Thermaic Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thracian_Sea" title="Thracian Sea">Thracian Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strymonian_Gulf" title="Strymonian Gulf">Strymonian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Saros" title="Gulf of Saros">Gulf of Saros</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edremit_Gulf" title="Edremit Gulf">Edremit Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_%C4%B0zmir" title="Gulf of İzmir">Gulf of İzmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icarian_Sea" title="Icarian Sea">Icarian Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_G%C3%B6kova" title="Gulf of Gökova">Gulf of Gökova</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Crete" title="Sea of Crete">Sea of Crete</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Marmara" title="Sea of Marmara">Sea of Marmara</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_%C4%B0zmit" title="Gulf of İzmit">Gulf of İzmit</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levantine_Sea" title="Levantine Sea">Levantine Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Antalya" title="Gulf of Antalya">Gulf of Antalya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Alexandretta" title="Gulf of Alexandretta">Gulf of Alexandretta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Sea" title="Libyan Sea">Libyan Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra" title="Gulf of Sidra">Gulf of Sidra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Gab%C3%A8s" title="Gulf of Gabès">Gulf of Gabès</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Sicily" title="Strait of Sicily">Strait of Sicily</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tunis" title="Gulf of Tunis">Gulf of Tunis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inland_Sea,_Gozo" title="Inland Sea, Gozo">Inland Sea, Gozo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Sardinia" title="Sea of Sardinia">Sea of Sardinia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Asinara" title="Gulf of Asinara">Gulf of Asinara</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Burgas" title="Gulf of Burgas">Gulf of Burgas</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karkinit_Bay" title="Karkinit Bay">Karkinit Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamita_Bay" title="Kalamita Bay">Kalamita Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Azov" title="Sea of Azov">Sea of Azov</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syvash" title="Syvash">Syvash</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taganrog_Bay" title="Taganrog Bay">Taganrog Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSea_18-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Arguin" title="Bay of Arguin">Bay of Arguin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dakhlet_Nouadhibou" title="Dakhlet Nouadhibou">Dakhlet Nouadhibou</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yawri_Bay" title="Yawri Bay">Yawri Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bight_of_Benin" title="Bight of Benin">Bight of Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bight_of_Biafra" title="Bight of Biafra">Bight of Biafra</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corisco_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Corisco Bay">Corisco Bay</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luanda_Bay" title="Luanda Bay">Luanda Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walvis_Bay" title="Walvis Bay">Walvis Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saldanha_Bay" title="Saldanha Bay">Saldanha Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Table_Bay" title="Table Bay">Table Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_Bay" title="False Bay">False Bay</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Americas">Americas</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Americas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(coast-wise from north to south) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Water_Polynya" title="North Water Polynya">North Water Polynya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baffin_Bay" title="Baffin Bay">Baffin Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis_Strait" title="Davis Strait">Davis Strait</a> <ul><li>Home Bay</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labrador_Sea" title="Labrador Sea">Labrador Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Sound" title="Cumberland Sound">Cumberland Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frobisher_Bay" title="Frobisher Bay">Frobisher Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_St._Lawrence" title="Gulf of St. Lawrence">Gulf of St. Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Maine" title="Gulf of Maine">Gulf of Maine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy" title="Bay of Fundy">Bay of Fundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay" title="Massachusetts Bay">Massachusetts Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Bay" title="Cape Cod Bay">Cape Cod Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantucket_Sound" title="Nantucket Sound">Nantucket Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vineyard_Sound" title="Vineyard Sound">Vineyard Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buzzards_Bay" title="Buzzards Bay">Buzzards Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narragansett_Bay" title="Narragansett Bay">Narragansett Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Sound" title="Rhode Island Sound">Rhode Island Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_Island_Sound" title="Block Island Sound">Block Island Sound</a></li> <li>Fishers Island Sound</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Sound" title="Long Island Sound">Long Island Sound</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shelter_Island_Sound" title="Shelter Island Sound">Shelter Island Sound</a></li> <li>Noyack Bay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peconic_Bay" title="Peconic Bay">Peconic Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardiners_Bay" title="Gardiners Bay">Gardiners Bay</a></li> <li>Tobaccolot Bay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sag_Harbor_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sag Harbor Bay">Sag Harbor Bay</a></li> <li>Three Mile Harbor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach Bay</a></li> <li>Pipes Cove</li> <li>Southold Bay</li> <li>Flanders Bay</li> <li>Napeague Bay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Pond_Bay" title="Fort Pond Bay">Fort Pond Bay</a></li> <li>North Sea Harbor</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Bay" title="New York Bay">New York Bay</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upper_New_York_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper New York Bay">Upper New York Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_New_York_Bay" title="Lower New York Bay">Lower New York Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Bay" title="Jamaica Bay">Jamaica Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raritan_Bay" title="Raritan Bay">Raritan Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandy Hook Bay">Sandy Hook Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Bay" title="Delaware Bay">Delaware Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle_Sound" title="Albemarle Sound">Albemarle Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamlico_Sound" title="Pamlico Sound">Pamlico Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Mediterranean_Sea" title="American Mediterranean Sea">American Mediterranean Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Bay" title="Florida Bay">Florida Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay" title="Tampa Bay">Tampa Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Harbor_Estuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Harbor Estuary">Charlotte Harbor Estuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola_Bay" title="Pensacola Bay">Pensacola Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_Bay" title="Mobile Bay">Mobile Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermilion_Bay_(Louisiana)" title="Vermilion Bay (Louisiana)">Vermilion Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay" title="Galveston Bay">Galveston Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Campeche" title="Bay of Campeche">Bay of Campeche</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Gon%C3%A2ve" title="Gulf of Gonâve">Gulf of Gonâve</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Honduras" title="Gulf of Honduras">Gulf of Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golfo_de_los_Mosquitos" title="Golfo de los Mosquitos">Golfo de los Mosquitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Venezuela" title="Gulf of Venezuela">Gulf of Venezuela</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo" title="Lake Maracaibo">Lake Maracaibo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Paria" title="Gulf of Paria">Gulf of Paria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Dari%C3%A9n" title="Gulf of Darién">Gulf of Darién</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_All_Saints" title="Bay of All Saints">Bay of All Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guanabara_Bay" title="Guanabara Bay">Guanabara Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoa_dos_Patos" title="Lagoa dos Patos">Lagoa dos Patos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Sea" title="Argentine Sea">Argentine Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samboromb%C3%B3n_Bay" title="Samborombón Bay">Samborombón Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Mat%C3%ADas_Gulf" title="San Matías Gulf">San Matías Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golfo_Nuevo" title="Golfo Nuevo">Golfo Nuevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jorge_Gulf" title="San Jorge Gulf">San Jorge Gulf</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Northern_islands">Northern islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Northern islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IrishSeaReliefmap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/IrishSeaReliefmap.png/220px-IrishSeaReliefmap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/IrishSeaReliefmap.png/330px-IrishSeaReliefmap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/IrishSeaReliefmap.png/440px-IrishSeaReliefmap.png 2x" data-file-width="1043" data-file-height="1507" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a></figcaption></figure> <p>(from east to west) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a> (between <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Seas_off_the_West_Coast_of_Scotland" title="Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland">Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_the_Hebrides" title="Sea of the Hebrides">Sea of the Hebrides</a> (Great Britain)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_Strait" title="Denmark Strait">Denmark Strait</a> (between <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irminger_Sea" title="Irminger Sea">Irminger Sea</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_Ocean">Indian Ocean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Indian Ocean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arabian_Sea_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Arabian_Sea_map.png/220px-Arabian_Sea_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Arabian_Sea_map.png/330px-Arabian_Sea_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Arabian_Sea_map.png/440px-Arabian_Sea_map.png 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="753" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> as a marginal sea of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_Sea" title="Andaman Sea">Andaman Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Martaban" title="Gulf of Martaban">Gulf of Martaban</a> – an arm of the Andaman Sea in the southern part of <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Kutch" title="Gulf of Kutch">Gulf of Kutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Khambhat" title="Gulf of Khambhat">Gulf of Khambhat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Oman" title="Gulf of Oman">Gulf of Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Laccadive Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Channel" title="Mozambique Channel">Mozambique Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Zanj" title="Sea of Zanj">Sea of Zanj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timor_Sea" title="Timor Sea">Timor Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palk_Strait" title="Palk Strait">Palk Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palk_Bay" title="Palk Bay">Palk Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mannar" title="Gulf of Mannar">Gulf of Mannar</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_Ocean">Pacific Ocean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pacific Ocean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coral_Sea_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Coral_Sea_map.png/220px-Coral_Sea_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Coral_Sea_map.png/330px-Coral_Sea_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Coral_Sea_map.png/440px-Coral_Sea_map.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Americas_2">Americas</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Alaska</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cook_Inlet" title="Cook Inlet">Cook Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacier_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Glacier Bay">Glacier Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_Sound" title="Prince William Sound">Prince William Sound</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salish_Sea" title="Salish Sea">Salish Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_California" title="Gulf of California">Gulf of California</a> (also known as the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_California" title="Gulf of California">Sea of Cortés)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_the_Farallones" title="Gulf of the Farallones">Gulf of the Farallones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Fonseca" title="Gulf of Fonseca">Gulf of Fonseca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guayaquil" title="Gulf of Guayaquil">Gulf of Guayaquil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Nicoya" title="Gulf of Nicoya">Gulf of Nicoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Panama" title="Gulf of Panama">Gulf of Panama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_San_Miguel" title="Bay of San Miguel">Bay of San Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Parita" title="Gulf of Parita">Gulf of Parita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_Bay" title="Panama Bay">Panama Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar_de_Grau" title="Mar de Grau">Grau Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Pablo_Bay" title="San Pablo Bay">San Pablo Bay</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia_and_Eurasia">Australia and Eurasia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Australia and Eurasia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arafura_Sea" title="Arafura Sea">Arafura Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bali_Sea" title="Bali Sea">Bali Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banda_Sea" title="Banda Sea">Banda Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Kompong_Som" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay of Kompong Som">Bay of Kampong Som</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Plenty" title="Bay of Plenty">Bay of Plenty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismarck_Sea" title="Bismarck Sea">Bismarck Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohai_Sea" title="Bohai Sea">Bohai Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohol_Sea" title="Bohol Sea">Bohol Sea</a> (also known as the Mindanao Sea)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camotes_Sea" title="Camotes Sea">Camotes Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celebes_Sea" title="Celebes Sea">Celebes Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceram_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceram Sea">Ceram Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Sea" title="Devil's Sea">Devil's/Dragon's Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariake_Sea" title="Ariake Sea">Ariake Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hangzhou_Bay" title="Hangzhou Bay">Hangzhou Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_Bay" title="Kagoshima Bay">Kagoshima Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flores_Sea" title="Flores Sea">Flores Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Thailand" title="Gulf of Thailand">Gulf of Thailand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandon_Bay" title="Bandon Bay">Bandon Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bangkok" title="Bay of Bangkok">Bay of Bangkok</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halmahera_Sea" title="Halmahera Sea">Halmahera Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauraki_Gulf" title="Hauraki Gulf">Hauraki Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawke%27s_Bay" title="Hawke's Bay">Hawke's Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Java_Sea" title="Java Sea">Java Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koro_Sea" title="Koro Sea">Koro Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molucca_Sea" title="Molucca Sea">Molucca Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ise_Bay" title="Ise Bay">Ise Bay</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikawa_Bay" title="Mikawa Bay">Mikawa Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suruga_Bay" title="Suruga Bay">Suruga Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_Bay" title="Poverty Bay">Poverty Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagami_Bay" title="Sagami Bay">Sagami Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savu_Sea" title="Savu Sea">Savu Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great_Gulf" title="Peter the Great Gulf">Peter the Great Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyama_Bay" title="Toyama Bay">Toyama Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakasa_Bay" title="Wakasa Bay">Wakasa Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Okhotsk" title="Sea of Okhotsk">Sea of Okhotsk</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shelikhov_Gulf" title="Shelikhov Gulf">Shelikhov Gulf</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seto_Inland_Sea" title="Seto Inland Sea">Seto Inland Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Bay" title="Osaka Bay">Osaka Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibuyan_Sea" title="Sibuyan Sea">Sibuyan Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Sea" title="Solomon Sea">Solomon Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin" title="Gulf of Tonkin">Gulf of Tonkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qiongzhou_Strait" title="Qiongzhou Strait">Qiongzhou Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natuna_Sea" title="Natuna Sea">Natuna Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Natuna_Sea" title="North Natuna Sea">North Natuna Sea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Philippine_Sea" title="West Philippine Sea">West Philippine Sea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Seas" title="South Seas">South Seas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin" title="Gulf of Tonkin">Gulf of Tonkin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulu_Sea" title="Sulu Sea">Sulu Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visayan_Sea" title="Visayan Sea">Visayan Sea</a></li> <li>Waihau Bay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohai_Sea" title="Bohai Sea">Bohai Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bohai_Bay" title="Bohai Bay">Bohai Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laizhou_Bay" title="Laizhou Bay">Laizhou Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liaodong_Bay" title="Liaodong Bay">Liaodong Bay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaozhou_Bay" title="Jiaozhou Bay">Jiaozhou Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea_Bay" title="Korea Bay">Korea Bay</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southern_Ocean">Southern Ocean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Southern Ocean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amundsen_Sea" title="Amundsen Sea">Amundsen Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellingshausen_Sea" title="Bellingshausen Sea">Bellingshausen Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperation_Sea" title="Cooperation Sea">Cooperation Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-proposed_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proposed-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmonauts_Sea" title="Cosmonauts Sea">Cosmonauts Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-proposed_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proposed-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis_Sea" title="Davis Sea">Davis Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Urville_Sea" title="D'Urville Sea">D'Urville Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drake_Passage" title="Drake Passage">Drake Passage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Haakon_VII_Sea" title="King Haakon VII Sea">King Haakon VII Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-proposed_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proposed-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarev_Sea" title="Lazarev Sea">Lazarev Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-proposed_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proposed-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawson_Sea" title="Mawson Sea">Mawson Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-proposed_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proposed-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMurdo_Sound" title="McMurdo Sound">McMurdo Sound</a> <ul><li>Polynyas in McMurdo Sound</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riiser-Larsen_Sea" title="Riiser-Larsen Sea">Riiser-Larsen Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Sea" title="Ross Sea">Ross Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotia_Sea" title="Scotia Sea">Scotia Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somov_Sea" title="Somov Sea">Somov Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-proposed_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proposed-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Gulf" title="Spencer Gulf">Spencer Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddell_Sea" title="Weddell Sea">Weddell Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Weddell_Polynya" title="Weddell Polynya">Weddell Polynya</a>/Maud Rise Polynya</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Defined_by_ocean_currents">Defined by ocean currents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Defined by ocean currents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While all other seas in the world are defined at least in part by land boundaries, there is only one sea which is defined only by ocean currents:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sargasso_Sea" title="Sargasso Sea">Sargasso Sea</a> – a sea defined by the four ocean currents which create the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Gyre" title="North Atlantic Gyre">North Atlantic Gyre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Not_included">Not included</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Not included"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Entities called "seas" which are not divisions of the World Ocean are not included in this list. Excluded are: </p> <ul><li>Lakes, ponds, etc.: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salt_lake" title="Salt lake">Salt lakes</a> with "Sea" in the name: <a href="/wiki/Aral_Sea" title="Aral Sea">Aral Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Dead Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salton_Sea" title="Salton Sea">Salton Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake" title="Lake">Freshwater lakes</a> with "Sea" in the name: <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a></li> <li>Bodies of water identified in lakes (bays, straits, etc.)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_gyre" title="Ocean gyre">Ocean gyres</a></li> <li>Seas in <a href="/wiki/Category:Fictional_oceans_and_seas" title="Category:Fictional oceans and seas">fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Water_and_religion" title="Category:Water and religion">religion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Category:Water_in_mythology" title="Category:Water in mythology">mythology</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is no accepted technical definition of <i>sea</i> among oceanographers. A rather weak definition is that a sea is a subdivision of an ocean, which means that it must have <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_basin" title="Oceanic basin">oceanic basin</a> crust on its floor. This definition, for example, accepts the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>, which was once part of an ancient ocean, as a sea.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Introduction to Marine Biology</i> defines a sea as a "landlocked" body of water, adding that the term "sea" is only one of convenience, but the book is written by marine biologists, not oceanographers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Glossary of Mapping Sciences</i> similarly states that the boundaries between seas and other bodies of water are arbitrary.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to this definition, the Caspian would be excluded as it is legally an "international lake".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-proposed-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-proposed_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-proposed_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-proposed_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-proposed_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-proposed_22-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-proposed_22-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Proposed names to the IHO 2002 draft. This draft was never approved by the IHO (or any other organization), and the 1953 IHO document (which does not contain these names which mostly originated from 1962 onward) remains currently in force.<sup id="cite_ref-IHO_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IHO-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leading geographic authorities and atlases do not use these names, including the 2014 10th edition World Atlas from the <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Society" title="National Geographic Society">National Geographic Society</a> and the 2014 12th edition of the <i><a href="/wiki/Times_Atlas_of_the_World" title="Times Atlas of the World">Times Atlas of the World</a></i>. But Soviet and Russian-issued state maps do include them.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_seas_on_Earth&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/29772/1/IHO1953a.pdf">INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION – LIMITS OF OCEANS AND SEAS</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blue-growth.org/Oceans_Rivers_Seas/Index_Oceans_Seas_Bays_Gulfs_Of_The_World_%20A_To_Z_Lists.htm">OCEANS & SEAS OF THE WORLD</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFConfortiBravo2005" class="citation book cs1">Conforti, B; Bravo, Luigi Ferrari (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tLcin2NyJQgC&pg=PA237"><i>The Italian Yearbook of International Law 2004</i></a>. 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Palgrave Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780333739730" title="Special:BookSources/9780333739730"><bdi>9780333739730</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Politics+of+Caspian+Oil&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9780333739730&rft.aulast=Gokay&rft.aufirst=Bulent&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuxmInSrE9vQC%26pg%3DPA74&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+seas+on+Earth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/science/gulf-coastal-feature">"gulf – coastal feature"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=gulf+%E2%80%93+coastal+feature&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fscience%2Fgulf-coastal-feature&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+seas+on+Earth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWang1992" class="citation book cs1">Wang, James C. 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Greenwood Publishing Group. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GrEOofrVra4C&pg=PA14&dq=%22the+problem+is+basically+definition%22">14</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-26434-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-26434-4"><bdi>978-0-313-26434-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+on+Ocean+Politics+%26+Law&rft.pages=14&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-313-26434-4&rft.aulast=Wang&rft.aufirst=James+C.+F.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGrEOofrVra4C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+seas+on+Earth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wang1992-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Wang1992_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames_C._F._Wang1992" class="citation book cs1">James C. 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Academic Press. p. 104. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-12-455521-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-12-455521-1"><bdi>978-0-12-455521-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ecological+Geography+of+the+Sea&rft.pages=104&rft.pub=Academic+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-12-455521-1&rft.aulast=Longhurst&rft.aufirst=Alan+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQdJZezzrCfQC%26pg%3DPA104&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+seas+on+Earth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MSea-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSea_18-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Often treated as a part of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IHO-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-IHO_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf">"Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd (currently in-force) edition"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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