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title="Nordsee – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Nordsee" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%B5%E1%88%9C%E1%8A%95_%E1%89%A3%E1%88%95%E1%88%AD" title="ስሜን ባሕር – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ስሜን ባሕር" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavemeer%C3%A2" title="Tavemeerâ – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Tavemeerâ" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="उत्तरी सागर – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="उत्तरी सागर" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%C3%BEs%C3%A6" title="Norþsæ – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Norþsæ" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%A8%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8C%D1%82%D3%99%D0%B8_%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%BD" title="Ҩадахьтәи амшын – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Ҩадахьтәи амшын" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بحر الشمال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بحر الشمال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_d%27o_Norte" title="Mar d'o Norte – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Mar d'o Norte" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%9D%DC%A1%DC%90_%DC%95%DC%93%DC%AA%DC%92%DC%9D%DC%90" title="ܝܡܐ ܕܓܪܒܝܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܝܡܐ ܕܓܪܒܝܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_de_Bise" title="Mar de Bise – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Mar de Bise" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%B0" title="উত্তৰ সাগৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="উত্তৰ সাগৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_Norte" title="Mar del Norte – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mar del Norte" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="उत्तरी सागर – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="उत्तरी सागर" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Yvatevogua" title="Para Yvatevogua – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Para Yvatevogua" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eimal_d%C9%99nizi" title="Şimal dənizi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şimal dənizi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="قوزئی دنیزی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قوزئی دنیزی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segara_Kal%C3%A9r" title="Segara Kalér – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Segara Kalér" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0" title="উত্তর সাগর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উত্তর সাগর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak-h%C3%A1i" title="Pak-hái – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Pak-hái" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D2%A1_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D2%A3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D2%99" title="Төньяҡ диңгеҙ – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Төньяҡ диңгеҙ" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Паўночнае мора – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паўночнае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Паўночнае мора – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Паўночнае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="नॉर्थ सागर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="नॉर्थ सागर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Северно море – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Северно море" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noadsee" title="Noadsee – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Noadsee" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjeverno_more" title="Sjeverno more – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Sjeverno more" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_an_Hanternoz" title="Mor an Hanternoz – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Mor an Hanternoz" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Хойто тэнгис – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Хойто тэнгис" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_Nord" title="Mar del Nord – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mar del Nord" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87%D1%83%D1%80%C3%A7%C4%95%D1%80_%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%C4%95%D1%81%C4%95" title="Çурçĕр тинĕсĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Çурçĕр тинĕсĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagat_Amihanan" title="Dagat Amihanan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Dagat Amihanan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn%C3%AD_mo%C5%99e" title="Severní moře – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Severní moře" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_di_u_Nordu" title="Mare di u Nordu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Mare di u Nordu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B4r_y_Gogledd" title="Môr y Gogledd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Môr y Gogledd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nords%C3%B8en" title="Nordsøen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Nordsøen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordsee" title="Nordsee – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nordsee" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B3dpo%C5%82nocne_m%C3%B3rjo" title="Pódpołnocne mórjo – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Pódpołnocne mórjo" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B5hjameri" title="Põhjameri – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Põhjameri" 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%92%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%98%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1" title="Βόρεια Θάλασσα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βόρεια Θάλασσα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="North Sea" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_Norte" title="Mar del Norte – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mar del Norte" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norda_maro" title="Norda maro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Norda maro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipar_itsasoa" title="Ipar itsasoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ipar itsasoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84" title="دریای شمال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دریای شمال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="North Sea" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%C3%B0sj%C3%B3gvurin" title="Norðsjógvurin – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Norðsjógvurin" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mer_du_Nord" title="Mer du Nord – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mer du Nord" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noardsee" title="Noardsee – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Noardsee" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Mhuir_Thuaidh" title="An Mhuir Thuaidh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Mhuir Thuaidh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooir_Hostyn" title="Mooir Hostyn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Mooir Hostyn" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Cuan_a_Tuath" title="An Cuan a Tuath – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="An Cuan a Tuath" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_do_Norte" title="Mar do Norte – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mar do Norte" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کلسيا دریا – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="کلسيا دریا" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet-h%C3%B3i" title="Pet-hói – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Pet-hói" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%81%ED%95%B4" title="북해 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="북해" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Հյուսիսային ծով – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հյուսիսային ծով" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="उत्तरी सागर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="उत्तरी सागर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewjerne_morjo" title="Sewjerne morjo – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Sewjerne morjo" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjeverno_more" title="Sjeverno more – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sjeverno more" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norda_Maro" title="Norda Maro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Norda Maro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybay_Amianan" title="Baybay Amianan – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Baybay Amianan" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Utara" title="Laut Utara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Laut Utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_Nord" title="Mar del Nord – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Mar del Nord" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%C3%A6%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Цæгат денджыз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Цæгат денджыз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%C3%B0ursj%C3%B3r" title="Norðursjór – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Norðursjór" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_del_Nord" title="Mare del Nord – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mare del Nord" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99" title="הים הצפוני – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הים הצפוני" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagara_Lor" title="Sagara Lor – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Sagara Lor" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay%CA%8A_Ki%C5%8B_Te%C5%8Bgu" title="Hayʊ Kiŋ Teŋgu – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Hayʊ Kiŋ Teŋgu" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%89%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0" title="ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮುದ್ರ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮುದ್ರ" 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%A9%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="ჩრდილოეთის ზღვა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩრდილოეთის ზღვა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordow%C3%A9_M%C3%B2rz%C3%A9" title="Nordowé Mòrzé – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Nordowé Mòrzé" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D2%AF%D1%81%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BA_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A3%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%96" title="Солтүстік теңізі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Солтүстік теңізі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Kledh" title="Mor Kledh – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Mor Kledh" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahari_ya_Kaskazini" title="Bahari ya Kaskazini – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bahari ya Kaskazini" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deryaya_Bakur" title="Deryaya Bakur – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Deryaya Bakur" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D2%AF%D0%BD%D0%B4%D2%AF%D0%BA_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D2%A3%D0%B8%D0%B7" title="Түндүк деңиз – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Түндүк деңиз" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mer_dl_Nord" title="Mer dl Nord – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Mer dl Nord" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%ABstumu_jiura" title="Pūstumu jiura – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Pūstumu jiura" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Germanicum" title="Mare Germanicum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mare Germanicum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zieme%C4%BCj%C5%ABra" title="Ziemeļjūra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ziemeļjūra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordmier" title="Nordmier – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Nordmier" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B3%D1%8C%D1%83%D1%8C%D0%BB" title="Кеферпатан гьуьл – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Кеферпатан гьуьл" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iaur%C4%97s_j%C5%ABra" title="Šiaurės jūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šiaurės jūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A2_do_Nord" title="Mâ do Nord – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Mâ do Nord" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordzie" title="Noordzie – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Noordzie" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Norde" title="Mar Norde – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Mar Norde" 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-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohjanmeri" title="Pohjanmeri – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Pohjanmeri" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/berti_xamsi" title="berti xamsi – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="berti xamsi" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_Nord" title="Mar del Nord – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Mar del Nord" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89szaki-tenger" title="Északi-tenger – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Északi-tenger" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Северно Море – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Северно Море" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranomasina_Avaratra" title="Ranomasina Avaratra – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Ranomasina Avaratra" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BD" title="വടക്കൻ കടൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വടക്കൻ കടൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="उत्तर समुद्र – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="उत्तर समुद्र" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%90" title="ოორუეშ ზუღა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ოორუეშ ზუღა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بحر الشمال – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بحر الشمال" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="شمال دریا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="شمال دریا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Utara" title="Laut Utara – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Laut Utara" 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-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_de_l_Norte" title="Mar de l Norte – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Mar de l Norte" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Хойд тэнгис – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Хойд тэнгис" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="မြောက်ပင်လယ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မြောက်ပင်လယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordzee" title="Noordzee – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Noordzee" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordzee" title="Noordzee – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Noordzee" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="उत्तरी सागर – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="उत्तरी सागर" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="उत्तर सागर – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="उत्तर सागर" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E6%B5%B7" title="北海 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="北海" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D1%85%D3%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Къилбаседа хӀорд – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Къилбаседа хӀорд" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weestsiie" title="Weestsiie – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Weestsiie" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordsj%C3%B8en" title="Nordsjøen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Nordsjøen" 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-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordsj%C3%B8en" title="Nordsjøen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Nordsjøen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_del_N%C3%B2rd" title="Mar del Nòrd – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mar del Nòrd" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D3%B1%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A5%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Йӱдвел теҥыз – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Йӱдвел теҥыз" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoliy_dengiz" title="Shimoliy dengiz – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Shimoliy dengiz" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%89%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0" title="ਉੱਤਰੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਉੱਤਰੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ" 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%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="شمالی سمندر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="شمالی سمندر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="شمالي سمندر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="شمالي سمندر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A8r_Nord" title="Mèr Nord – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Mèr Nord" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_d%C3%ABl_N%C3%B2rd" title="Mar dël Nòrd – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Mar dël Nòrd" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordsee" title="Noordsee – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Noordsee" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morze_P%C3%B3%C5%82nocne" title="Morze Północne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Morze Północne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_do_Norte" title="Mar do Norte – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mar do Norte" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eimaliy_de%C3%B1iz" title="Şimaliy deñiz – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Şimaliy deñiz" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordsee" title="Nordsee – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Nordsee" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marea_Nordului" title="Marea Nordului – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Marea Nordului" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Северне море – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Северне море" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Северное море – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Северное море" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%83_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Хотугу муора – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Хотугу муора" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%81_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="بحیرہ شمالی – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="بحیرہ شمالی" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_de_su_Nord" title="Mare de su Nord – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Mare de su Nord" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="North Sea" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noudsee" title="Noudsee – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Noudsee" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deti_i_Veriut" title="Deti i Veriut – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Deti i Veriut" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_d%C3%BB_nord" title="Mari dû nord – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Mari dû nord" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%DA%8A" title="اتر سمنڊ – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="اتر سمنڊ" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn%C3%A9_more" title="Severné more – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Severné more" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severno_morje" title="Severno morje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Severno morje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1" title="دەریای باکوور – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دەریای باکوور" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Северно море – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Северно море" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjeverno_more" title="Sjeverno more – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sjeverno more" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Kal%C3%A9r" title="Laut Kalér – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Laut Kalér" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohjanmeri" title="Pohjanmeri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pohjanmeri" 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/Nordsj%C3%B6n" title="Nordsjön – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Nordsjön" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Nseamap.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="374" /></a><figcaption>The North Sea</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>North Sea</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Sea" title="Sea">sea</a> that is part of the Atlantic Ocean in northern <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. The North Sea is between <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> in the east, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> in the west, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> in the south. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Borders">Borders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Borders" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Borders"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Skagerrak" title="Skagerrak">Skagerrak</a> connects the North Sea to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a>. In the south, the North Sea becomes the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>, a sea between <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. This is called the <a href="/wiki/Dover_Straits" class="mw-redirect" title="Dover Straits">Dover Straits</a> and is very busy with <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ships</a>. </p><p>The border between the North Sea and the Skagerrak is at an imagined line between <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lindesnes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lindesnes (not yet started)">Lindesnes</a> in Norway, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hanstholm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hanstholm (not yet started)">Hanstholm</a> in Denmark. In the North, the North sea is open towards the Atlantic. The border between the two is an imagined line from Northern Scotland, to <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a>, and then to <a href="/wiki/%C3%85lesund" title="Ålesund">Ålesund</a> in Norway. According to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oslo-Paris_Treaty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oslo-Paris Treaty (not yet started)">Oslo-Paris Treaty</a> of 1962 it is a bit more to the west and the north though. The treaty puts it at 5° East longitude, and 62° North latitude. That is at the parallel of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geirangerfjord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geirangerfjord (not yet started)">Geirangerfjord</a> in Norway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_facts">Other facts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Other facts" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Other facts"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On average, the North Sea has a depth of only 94 meters. About 80 million people live near the North Sea, at most 150 km away from the coast. Together with the English Channel in the south, the southern North Sea is the busiest body of water in the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivers_that_drain_into_it">Rivers that drain into it</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Rivers that drain into it" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Rivers that drain into it"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Well-known rivers that drain into the North Sea include the <a href="/wiki/River_Tay" title="River Tay">Tay</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Firth_of_Forth" title="Firth of Forth">Forth</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>), the <a href="/wiki/River_Tyne" title="River Tyne">Tyne</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Shields" title="South Shields">South Shields</a>), the <a href="/wiki/River_Wear" title="River Wear">Wear</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a>), the <a href="/wiki/River_Tees" title="River Tees">Tees</a> (near <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough" title="Middlesbrough">Middlesbrough</a>), the <a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Elbe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="River Elbe (not yet started)">Elbe</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Cuxhaven" title="Cuxhaven">Cuxhaven</a>), the <a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Weser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="River Weser (not yet started)">Weser</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a>), the <a href="/wiki/River_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="River Rhine">Rhine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meuse_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Meuse (river)">Meuse or Maas</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>), the <a href="/wiki/River_Scheldt" class="mw-redirect" title="River Scheldt">Scheldt</a> (at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Flushing,_Netherlands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flushing, Netherlands (not yet started)">Flushing or Vlissingen</a>), the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">Thames</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/River_Humber" title="River Humber">Humber</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull" title="Kingston upon Hull">Hull</a>), and the river Nairn (at Nairn) </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kiel_Canal" title="Kiel Canal">Kiel Canal</a>, one of the world's busiest artificial waterways, connects the North Sea with the Baltic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Name" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Name"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Its name comes from its relationship to the land of the <a href="/wiki/Frisians" class="mw-redirect" title="Frisians">Frisians</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Frisia" title="Frisia">Frisia</a>). They live directly to the south of the <i>North Sea</i>, and to the west of the <i><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">East Sea</a></i> (<i>Oostzee</i>, the Baltic Sea), the former <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zuiderzee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zuiderzee (not yet started)">South Sea</a></i> (<i>Zuiderzee</i>, today's <a href="/w/index.php?title=IJsselmeer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IJsselmeer (not yet started)">IJsselmeer</a>) and the today reclaimed <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middelzee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Middelzee (not yet started)">Middle Sea</a></i> (<i>Middelzee</i>). But the spread of the name could also be from the view of the cities of the <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic League</a>. Some of its main cities, like <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> had the same view. </p><p>In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Classical_times&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Classical times (not yet started)">classical times</a> this body of water was also called the <i>Oceanum Germanicum</i> or <i>Mare Germanicum</i>, meaning German Ocean or Sea. This name was commonly used in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and other languages along with the name <i>North Sea</i>, until the early <a href="/wiki/18th_century" title="18th century">eighteenth century</a>. By the late <a href="/wiki/19th_century" title="19th century">nineteenth century</a>, <i>German Sea</i> was a rare, scholarly usage even in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a> the North Sea is also named <i>Vesterhavet</i> (besides <i>Nordsøen</i>), meaning <i>Western Ocean</i> because it is west of Denmark. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_divisions">Geographic divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Geographic divisions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Geographic divisions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doggerbank.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Doggerbank.jpg/220px-Doggerbank.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Doggerbank.jpg/330px-Doggerbank.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Doggerbank.jpg/440px-Doggerbank.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption>Satellite picture of the north sea. The area marked in red is the <a href="/wiki/Doggerbank" class="mw-redirect" title="Doggerbank">Doggerbank</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Most of the North sea is on the European <a href="/wiki/Continental_shelf" title="Continental shelf">Continental shelf</a>. On average, the depth is about 93 to 94 meters only. In the south it is very shallow, only 25 to 35 meters. In the north in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bathyal_zone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bathyal zone (not yet started)">bathyal zone</a> north of Shetland, this depth increases to between 100 and 200 metres. In the south, the depth is at most 50 metres. An exception to this is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Norwegian_Trench&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Norwegian Trench (not yet started)">Norwegian Trench</a>. It is deepest there, with a depth of 725 metres. The most shallow part of it is a sand bank called <a href="/wiki/Dogger_Bank" title="Dogger Bank">Dogger Bank</a>. In the southern part, there are many sand banks. </p><p>Looking at the satellite picture it is easy to see the geographic divisions of the North Sea: </p> <ul><li>a generally shallow southern North Sea</li> <li>the central North Sea</li> <li>the northern North Sea, with the Norwegian Trench, near the Skagerrak.</li></ul> <p>The southern north sea is composed of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Bight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southern Bight (not yet started)">Southern Bight</a>, before the coast of Belgium and the Netherlands and the German Bight before the coastline of Germany. The Dogger Bank is the limit between the southern and central parts. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Waddenzee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waddenzee (not yet started)">Waddenzee</a> runs all the way from <a href="/wiki/Den_Helder" title="Den Helder">Den Helder</a> in the Netherlands to <a href="/wiki/Esbjerg" title="Esbjerg">Esbjerg</a> in Denmark. </p><p>The Dogger Bank covers an area about half the size of the Netherlands. There, the North Sea has a depth of between 13 and 20 metres only. The area is very famous for fishing. With some storms there are even <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wave_(water)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wave (water) (not yet started)">waves</a> breaking there. </p><p>The Norwegian Trench has an average depth of around 250 to 300 metres; at the entrance to the Skagerrak, the depth increases up to 725 meters. Along the trench is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Norwegian_Current&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Norwegian Current (not yet started)">Norwegian Current</a>, which brings most of the waters of the North Sea into the Atlantic Ocean. Also, most of the waters of the Baltic Sea flow northwards here. </p><p>About 200 km east of the Scottish city of <a href="/wiki/Dundee" title="Dundee">Dundee</a> there are more trenches, known collectively as the <i>Devil's hole</i>. Generally, the water is about 90 meters deep there. The trenches very often are only a few kilometers in length. In these trenches, the depth increases to up to 230 meters. </p><p>In the Dover Strait the water is about 30 meters deep. At the end of the English Channel, this depth increases to about 100 meters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the last <a href="/wiki/Ice_age" title="Ice age">ice age</a> the North Sea was covered by large areas of ice called <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glaciers</a>. About 20,000 years ago the ice melted and the North Sea was formed (made). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Sea_oil">North Sea oil</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: North Sea oil" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: North Sea oil"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/Geologists" class="mw-redirect" title="Geologists">geologists</a> found large areas of <a href="/wiki/Oil" title="Oil">oil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> under the North Sea. Most of the oil fields are owned by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> but some belong to <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. Drilling began in the 1960s and led to a famous argument between the UK Government and Scottish Nationalists how the revenue (money) from the oil should be spent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Animal_life">Animal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Animal life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Animal life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People have been <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> in the North Sea for thousands of years. However, so many <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> are now caught there that new ones may not be able to grow fast enough to keep the fishery going. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tern" title="Tern">Terns</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_puffin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atlantic puffin (not yet started)">Atlantic puffins</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Razorbill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Razorbill (not yet started)">razorbills</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kittiwake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kittiwake (not yet started)">kittiwakes</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a> live on the North Sea <a href="/wiki/Coast" title="Coast">coast</a>. Many coastal areas are protected <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nature_reserves&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nature reserves (not yet started)">nature reserves</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Other websites" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Sea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Other websites"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" 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