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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86" title="خليج عدن – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="خليج عدن" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%92%DC%AA%DC%A9%DC%A9%DC%90_%DC%95%DC%A5%DC%95%DC%A2" title="ܒܪܩܩܐ ܕܥܕܢ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܒܪܩܩܐ ܕܥܕܢ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfu_d%27Ad%C3%A9n" title="Golfu d'Adén – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Golfu d'Adén" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fd%C9%99n_k%C3%B6rf%C9%99zi" title="Ədən körfəzi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ədən körfəzi" 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/%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B2%DB%8C" title="عدن کؤرفزی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="عدن کؤرفزی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0" title="এডেন উপসাগর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="এডেন উপসাগর" 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/Aden_Oan" title="Aden Oan – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Aden Oan" 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-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%9E" title="Адэнскі заліў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Адэнскі заліў" 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%90%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Адэнская затока – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Адэнская затока" 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-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Аденски залив – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аденски залив" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenski_zaliv" title="Adenski zaliv – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Adenski zaliv" 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/Pleg-mor_Aden" title="Pleg-mor Aden – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pleg-mor Aden" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_d%27Aden" title="Golf d'Aden – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Golf d'Aden" 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/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BA%D3%B3%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BA%C4%95" title="Аден кӳлмекĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Аден кӳлмекĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adensk%C3%BD_z%C3%A1liv" title="Adenský záliv – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Adenský záliv" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwlff_Aden" title="Gwlff Aden – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwlff Aden" 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/Ad%C3%A9nbugten" title="Adénbugten – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Adénbugten" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_von_Aden" title="Golf von Aden – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Golf von Aden" 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/Adeni_laht" title="Adeni laht – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Adeni laht" 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%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%86%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD" title="Κόλπος του Άντεν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κόλπος του Άντεν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo_de_Ad%C3%A9n" title="Golfo de Adén – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Golfo de Adén" 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/Adena_Golfo" title="Adena Golfo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Adena Golfo" 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/Adengo_golkoa" title="Adengo golkoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Adengo golkoa" 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%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC_%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86" title="خلیج عدن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="خلیج عدن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfe_d%27Aden" title="Golfe d'Aden – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Golfe d'Aden" 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/Golf_fan_Aden" title="Golf fan Aden – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Golf fan Aden" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golfo_de_Ad%C3%A9n" title="Golfo de Adén – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Golfo de Adén" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%8F%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%96%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A1%E0%AB%80" title="એડનની ખાડી – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="એડનની ખાડી" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%8D%B4%EB%A7%8C" title="아덴만 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아덴만" 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/%D4%B1%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D6%81" title="Ադենի ծոց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ադենի ծոց" 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%85%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80" title="अदन की खाड़ी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अदन की खाड़ी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenski_zaljev" title="Adenski zaljev – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Adenski zaljev" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpo_ti_Aden" title="Golpo ti Aden – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Golpo ti Aden" 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/Teluk_Aden" title="Teluk Aden – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Teluk Aden" 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-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BA%C3%A6%D0%BB%C3%A6%D0%BD" title="Адены бакæлæн – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Адены бакæлæн" 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/Adenfl%C3%B3i" title="Adenflói – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Adenflói" 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/Golfo_di_Aden" title="Golfo di Aden – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Golfo di Aden" 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%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A5_%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%9F" title="מפרץ עדן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מפרץ עדן" 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/Lempongan_Aden" title="Lempongan Aden – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Lempongan Aden" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A7%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="ადენის ყურე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ადენის ყურე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghuba_ya_Aden" title="Ghuba ya Aden – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ghuba ya Aden" 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/Kendava_Aden%C3%AA" title="Kendava Adenê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kendava Adenê" 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%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D2%A3%D1%83" title="Аден булуңу – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Аден булуңу" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_Adenensis" title="Sinus Adenensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sinus Adenensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenas_l%C4%ABcis" title="Adenas līcis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Adenas līcis" 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/Golf_vun_Aden" title="Golf vun Aden – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Golf vun Aden" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeno_%C4%AFlanka" title="Adeno įlanka – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Adeno įlanka" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81deni-%C3%B6b%C3%B6l" title="Ádeni-öböl – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ádeni-öböl" 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%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Аденски Залив – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Аденски Залив" 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/Helodranon%27_i_Adena" title="Helodranon' i Adena – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Helodranon' i Adena" 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%8F%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%89%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BD" title="ഏഡൻ ഉൾക്കടൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഏഡൻ ഉൾക്കടൽ" 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%8F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4" title="एडनचे आखात – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="एडनचे आखात" 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%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%B8%E1%83%A3%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98" title="ადენიშ ჸუჯი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ადენიშ ჸუჯი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7" title="عدن دریامونا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="عدن دریامونا" 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/Teluk_Aden" title="Teluk Aden – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Teluk Aden" 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-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Адены булан – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Адены булан" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_van_Aden" title="Golf van Aden – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Golf van Aden" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E6%B9%BE" title="アデン湾 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アデン湾" 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/%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Ӏаданан айма – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Ӏаданан айма" 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/Golf_faan_Aaden" title="Golf faan Aaden – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Golf faan Aaden" 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/Adenbukta" title="Adenbukta – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Adenbukta" 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/Adenbukta" title="Adenbukta – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Adenbukta" 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/Golf_d%27Ad%C3%A8n" title="Golf d'Adèn – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Golf d'Adèn" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adan_qo%CA%BBltig%CA%BBi" title="Adan qoʻltigʻi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Adan qoʻltigʻi" 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%85%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A9%9C%E0%A9%80" title="ਅਦਨ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਅਦਨ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ" 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%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC_%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86" title="خلیج عدن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="خلیج عدن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatoka_Ade%C5%84ska" title="Zatoka Adeńska – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zatoka Adeńska" 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/Golfo_de_Adem" title="Golfo de Adem – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Golfo de Adem" 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/Golful_Aden" title="Golful Aden – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Golful Aden" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Аденский залив – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аденский залив" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjiri_i_Adenit" title="Gjiri i Adenit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Gjiri i Adenit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Gulf of Aden" 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-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adensk%C3%BD_z%C3%A1liv" title="Adenský záliv – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Adenský záliv" 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/Adenski_zaliv" title="Adenski zaliv – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Adenski zaliv" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C5%8Ftoka_Ade%C5%84sk%C5%8F" title="Zŏtoka Adeńskŏ – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Zŏtoka Adeńskŏ" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacanka_Cadmeed" title="Gacanka Cadmeed – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Gacanka Cadmeed" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%95%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%AF%DB%95%D9%86" title="کەنداوی عەدەن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کەنداوی عەدەن" 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%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Аденски залив – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Аденски залив" 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/Adenski_zaljev" title="Adenski zaljev – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Adenski zaljev" 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-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeninlahti" title="Adeninlahti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Adeninlahti" 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/Adenviken" title="Adenviken – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Adenviken" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpo_ng_Aden" title="Golpo ng Aden – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Golpo ng Aden" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8F%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE" title="ஏடன் வளைகுடா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஏடன் வளைகுடா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B4%D3%99%D0%BD_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Гадән култыгы – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Гадән култыгы" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99" title="อ่าวเอเดน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อ่าวเอเดน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_K%C3%B6rfezi" title="Aden Körfezi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Aden Körfezi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%CC%B1ngam_A%CC%B1sa%CC%B1khwot_Aden" title="A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Aden – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Aden" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li 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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°N</span> <span class="longitude">48°E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12°N 48°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12; 48</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Body_of_water#Waterbody_types" title="Body of water">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf">Gulf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/45px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; text-align:left;padding-right:4em;font-weight:normal;background-color:whitesmoke;"><div><span class="nowrap">1 <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i></span><sup id="cite_ref-Hodd22_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hodd22-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">410,000 km<sup>2</sup> (160,000 sq mi)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (April 2022)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Gulf_of_Aden#This_would_make_it_about_the_same_size_as_the_neighbouring_Red_Sea,_which_is_obviously_much_larger." title="Talk:Gulf of Aden">discuss</a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">500 m (1,600 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">2,700 m (8,900 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. temperature</th><td class="infobox-data">28 °C (82 °F)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Min. temperature</th><td class="infobox-data">15 °C (59 °F)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zinjibar" title="Zinjibar">Zinjibar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shuqrah" title="Shuqrah">Shuqrah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahwar" title="Ahwar">Ahwar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balhaf" title="Balhaf">Balhaf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mukalla" title="Mukalla">Mukalla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ash-Shihr" class="mw-redirect" title="Ash-Shihr">Ash-Shihr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hami,_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Hami, Yemen">al-Hami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hadibu" title="Hadibu">Hadibu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qulensya" title="Qulensya">Qulensya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulhar" title="Bulhar">Bulhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maydh" title="Maydh">Maydh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Djibouti_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Djibouti (city)">Djibouti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zeila" title="Zeila">Zeila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Las_Khorey" title="Las Khorey">Las Khorey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosaso" title="Bosaso">Bosaso</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Gulf of Aden</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">خليج عدن</span>; <a href="/wiki/Somali_language" title="Somali language">Somali</a>: <i lang="so">Gacanka Cadmeed</i>) is a deepwater gulf of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> between <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> to the north, the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> to the west, and the <a href="/wiki/Guardafui_Channel" title="Guardafui Channel">Guardafui Channel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Socotra_Archipelago" class="mw-redirect" title="Socotra Archipelago">Socotra Archipelago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puntland" title="Puntland">Puntland</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a> to the south.<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 the northwest, it connects with the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb" title="Bab-el-Mandeb">Bab-el-Mandeb</a> strait, and it connects with the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> to the east. To the west, it narrows into the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tadjoura" title="Gulf of Tadjoura">Gulf of Tadjoura</a> in <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Aden_Ridge" title="Aden Ridge">Aden Ridge</a> lies along the middle of the gulf, and tectonic activity at the ridge is causing the gulf to <a href="/wiki/Seafloor_spreading" title="Seafloor spreading">widen</a> by about 15 mm (0.59 in) per year. </p><p>The ancient Greeks regarded the gulf as one of the most important parts of the "<a href="/wiki/Erythraean_Sea" title="Erythraean Sea">Erythraean Sea</a>". It later came to be dominated by Muslims, as the area around the gulf converted to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. From the late 1960s onwards, there was an increased <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Navy" title="Soviet Navy">Soviet naval</a> presence in the Gulf. The importance of the Gulf of Aden declined while the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> was closed, but it was revitalized when the canal was reopened in 1975, after being deepened and widened by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Egypt">Egyptian government</a>. </p><p>The waterway is part of the important <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> shipping route between the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> in the Indian Ocean, with 21,000 ships crossing the gulf annually.<sup id="cite_ref-yah1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yah1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This route is often used for the delivery of <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">oil</a>, making the gulf an integral waterway in the <a href="/wiki/World_economy" title="World economy">world economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Important cities along the Gulf of Aden include the namesake <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>. Other Yemeni cities are <a href="/wiki/Zinjibar" title="Zinjibar">Zinjibar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shuqrah" title="Shuqrah">Shuqrah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahwar" title="Ahwar">Ahwar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balhaf" title="Balhaf">Balhaf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mukalla" title="Mukalla">Mukalla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ash-Shihr" class="mw-redirect" title="Ash-Shihr">Ash-Shihr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hami,_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Hami, Yemen">al-Hami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hadibu" title="Hadibu">Hadibu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Qulensya" title="Qulensya">Qulensya</a>. On the African side are the cities of <a href="/wiki/Djibouti_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Djibouti (city)">Djibouti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bosaso" title="Bosaso">Bosaso</a>. </p><p>Despite a lack of large-scale commercial fishing facilities, the coastline supports many isolated fishing towns and villages. The Gulf of Aden is richly supplied with fish, turtles, and lobsters.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local fishing takes place close to the shore; sardines, tuna, kingfish, and mackerel make up the bulk of the annual catches. Crayfish and sharks are also fished locally. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_names">Historical names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical names"><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:Ibn_Majid_Gulf_of_Berbera.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ibn_Majid_Gulf_of_Berbera.png/170px-Ibn_Majid_Gulf_of_Berbera.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ibn_Majid_Gulf_of_Berbera.png/255px-Ibn_Majid_Gulf_of_Berbera.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ibn_Majid_Gulf_of_Berbera.png/340px-Ibn_Majid_Gulf_of_Berbera.png 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_M%C4%81jid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmad ibn Mājid">Ibn Majid</a> referring to the Gulf as the <i>Gulf of <a href="/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">antiquity</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greeks</a> viewed what is now called the Gulf of Aden as an extension of the <a href="/wiki/Erythraean_Sea" title="Erythraean Sea">Erythraean Sea</a> (Red Sea) <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ἐρυθρὰ Θάλασσα</span>, <i>Erythrà Thálassa</i>. They named several of the islands in the gulf, including one they called Stratonis, although it is no longer clear which Greek name referred to which island.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Abu%27l-Fida" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu'l-Fida">Abu'l-Fida</a>'s <i>A Sketch of the Countries</i> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">تقويم البلدان</span>), the present-day Gulf of Aden was called the Gulf of Berbera, which shows how important <a href="/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a> was in both regional and international trade during the medieval period.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Legendary navigator <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_M%C4%81jid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmad ibn Mājid">Ibn Majid</a> also referred to the Gulf of Aden as the Gulf of Berbera in his 15th century magnum opus <i>The Book of the Benefits of the Principles and Foundations of Seamanship</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Berbera has been a prominent port since antiquity.<sup id="cite_ref-Periplus_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Periplus-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Limits">Limits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Limits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> defines the limits of the Gulf of Aden as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>On the northwest</i> – the southern limit of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> [a line joining <a href="/wiki/Hisn_Murad" title="Hisn Murad">Hisn Murad</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gulf_of_Aden&params=12_40_N_43_30_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°40′N</span> <span class="longitude">43°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.667°N 43.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.667; 43.500</span></span></span></a></span></span>) and <a href="/wiki/Ras_Siyyan" title="Ras Siyyan">Ras Siyyan</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gulf_of_Aden&params=12_29_N_43_20_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°29′N</span> <span class="longitude">43°20′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.483°N 43.333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.483; 43.333</span></span></span></a></span></span>)]</dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>On the east</i> – the meridian of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Guardafui" title="Cape Guardafui">Cape Guardafui</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dd><dl><dd>The <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tadjoura" title="Gulf of Tadjoura">Gulf of Tadjoura</a> is part of the Gulf of Aden, forming its western end.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hydrography">Hydrography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hydrography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The temperature of the Gulf of Aden varies between 15 °C (59 °F) and 28 °C (82 °F), depending on the season and the <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoons</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Salinity" title="Salinity">salinity</a> of the gulf at 10 metres (33 ft) depth varies from 35.3 <a href="/wiki/%E2%80%B0" class="mw-redirect" title="‰">‰</a> along the eastern Somali coast to as high as 37.3 ‰ in the gulf's center,<sup id="cite_ref-fao_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fao-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while its oxygen content at the same depth is typically between 4.0 and 5.0 mg/L.<sup id="cite_ref-fao_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fao-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Trade"></span><span class="anchor" id="Commerce"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exclusive_economic_zone">Exclusive economic zone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Exclusive economic zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zones" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclusive economic zones">Exclusive economic zones</a> in Gulf of Aden:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="75">Number </th> <th width="250">Country </th> <th width="100">Area (Km<sup>2</sup>) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></b></td> <td align="center">509,240 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></b> and <b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a></b></td> <td align="center">831,059 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/45px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a></b></td> <td align="center">7,037 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#9acdff;"> <th>Total </th> <td><b>Gulf of Aden </b></td> <td align="center"><b>1,347,336</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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.hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Somali_piracy" class="mw-redirect" title="Somali piracy">Somali piracy</a></div> <p>The Gulf of Aden is a vital waterway for shipping, especially for <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">oil</a>, making it an integral waterway in the <a href="/wiki/World_economy" title="World economy">world economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately 11% of the world's seaborne <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a> passes through the Gulf of Aden on its way to the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> or to regional refineries.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main ports along the gulf are <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balhaf" title="Balhaf">Balhaf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bi%27r_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Bi'r Ali">Bir Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mukalla" title="Mukalla">Mukalla</a>, and Shokra in <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>; <a href="/wiki/Djibouti_City" title="Djibouti City">Djibouti City</a> in <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a>; <a href="/wiki/Zeila" title="Zeila">Zeila</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bosaso" title="Bosaso">Bosaso</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">antiquity</a>, the gulf was a thriving area of international trade between <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemaic Egypt">Ptolemaic Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Rome</a> in the west and <a href="/wiki/Classical_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical India">Classical India</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Indonesia#Early_kingdoms" title="History of Indonesia">its Indonesian colonies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han China</a> in the east. It was not limited to <a href="/wiki/Transshipment" title="Transshipment">transshipment</a>, as Yemeni <a href="/wiki/Incense" title="Incense">incense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tortoiseshell" title="Tortoiseshell">tortoiseshell</a>, and other goods were in high demand in both directions. After Egyptian sailors discovered the <a href="/wiki/Monsoon_winds" class="mw-redirect" title="Monsoon winds">monsoon winds</a> and began to trade directly with India, <a href="/wiki/Caravan_(travellers)" title="Caravan (travellers)">caravan</a> routes and their associated kingdoms began to collapse, leading to a rise in <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a> in the area. The 1st-century <i><a href="/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea" title="Periplus of the Erythraean Sea">Periplus of the Erythraean Sea</a></i> documents one Egyptian captain's experiences during this era. </p><p>After the collapse of the Roman economy, direct trade ceased but the <a href="/wiki/Awsan" title="Awsan">Awsan</a> I port <a href="/wiki/Crater_(Yemen)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crater (Yemen)">Crater</a>, located just south of the modern city of Aden, remained an important regional center. In late antiquity and the early medieval period, there were several invasions of Yemen from <a href="/wiki/Aksum" class="mw-redirect" title="Aksum">Ethiopia</a>; after the rise of Islam, the gulf permitted repeated migrations of northwest Africa by Arab settlers. </p><p>In the first decade of the 2000s, especially during the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Somalia_(2006%E2%80%932009)" title="War in Somalia (2006–2009)">war in Somalia</a>, the gulf evolved into a hub of <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Piracy in Somalia">pirate</a> activity. By 2013, attacks in the waters had steadily declined due to private security and international navy patrols.<sup id="cite_ref-Wapstoas_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wapstoas-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> India receives US$50 billion in imports – and sends US$60 billion in exports – through this area annually. To protect its trade and that of other countries, India keeps a warship escort in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aden&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A geologically young body of water, the Gulf of Aden has a unique <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a> that includes many varieties of <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Invertebrate" title="Invertebrate">invertebrates</a>. This rich ecological diversity has benefited from a relative lack of <a href="/wiki/Pollution" title="Pollution">pollution</a> by humans in the past. However, environmental groups fear that the lack of a coordinated effort to control pollution may jeopardize the gulf's <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_spheres" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth's spheres">ecosphere</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Whale" title="Whale">Whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">dugongs</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were once common<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being severely reduced by commercial hunts, including by mass illegal hunts by the Soviet Union and Japan in the 1960s and 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The now critically endangered Arabian <a href="/wiki/Humpback_whale" title="Humpback whale">humpback whales</a> were once seen here in large numbers,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but only a few large whales still appear in the gulf waters, including <a href="/wiki/Bryde%27s_whale" title="Bryde's whale">Bryde's whales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Blue_whale" title="Blue whale">blue whales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and deep-sea toothed whales such as <a href="/wiki/Sperm_whale" title="Sperm whale">sperm whales</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Tropical_bottlenose_whale" title="Tropical bottlenose whale">tropical bottlenose whales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IndieSightings_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieSightings-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gulf_of_Aden&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Algiers_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Algiers Bay (page does not exist)">Algiers Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algoa_Bay" title="Algoa Bay">Algoa Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambas_Bay" title="Ambas Bay">Ambas Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Chaves_Bay" title="Ana Chaves Bay">Ana Chaves Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Angra_de_Cintra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angra de Cintra (page does not exist)">Angra de Cintra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antongil_Bay" title="Antongil Bay">Antongil Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antsiranana_Bay" title="Antsiranana Bay">Antsiranana Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab%27s_Gulf" title="Arab's Gulf">Arab's Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_Almeida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía Almeida (page does not exist)">Baía Almeida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_da_Cond%C3%BAcia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía da Condúcia (page does not exist)">Baía da Condúcia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_da_Corimba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía da Corimba (page does not exist)">Baía da Corimba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_de_Mocambo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía de Mocambo (page does not exist)">Baía de Mocambo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_de_Mossuril&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía de Mossuril (page does not exist)">Baía de Mossuril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C3%ADa_de_Namibe" title="Baía de Namibe">Baía de Namibe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baia_de_Porto_Amboim&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baia de Porto Amboim (page does not exist)">Baia de Porto Amboim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C3%ADa_de_Santa_Marta" title="Baía de Santa Marta">Baía de Santa Marta</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_de_Sucujaque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía de Sucujaque (page does not exist)">Baía de Sucujaque</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_de_Tombua&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía de Tombua (page does not exist)">Baía de Tombua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Ambriz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Ambriz (page does not exist)">Baía do Ambriz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Bengo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Bengo (page does not exist)">Baía do Bengo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Dande&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Dande (page does not exist)">Baía do Dande</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Govuro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Govuro (page does not exist)">Baía do Govuro</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_L%C3%BArio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Lúrio (page does not exist)">Baía do Lúrio</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Nzeto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Nzeto (page does not exist)">Baía do Nzeto</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ba%C3%ADa_do_Suto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baía do Suto (page does not exist)">Baía do Suto</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baie_de_Gor%C3%A9e&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baie de Gorée (page does not exist)">Baie de Gorée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baie_de_Sangareya" title="Baie de Sangareya">Baie de Sangareya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bandombaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bandombaai (page does not exist)">Bandombaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Anfile" title="Bay of Anfile">Bay of Anfile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Arguin" title="Bay of Arguin">Bay of Arguin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Arzew&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay of Arzew (page does not exist)">Bay of Arzew</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Aseb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay of Aseb (page does not exist)">Bay of Aseb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Beylul" title="Bay of Beylul">Bay of Beylul</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bay_of_Edd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bay of Edd (page does not exist)">Bay of Edd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Hawakil" title="Bay of Hawakil">Bay of Hawakil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Langarano" title="Bay of Langarano">Bay of Langarano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Saint-Augustin" title="Bay of Saint-Augustin">Bay of Saint-Augustin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Tangier" title="Bay of Tangier">Bay of Tangier</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Benguela_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benguela Bay (page does not exist)">Benguela Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bera%E2%80%99esoli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bera’esoli (page does not exist)">Bera’esoli</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betty%E2%80%99s_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Betty’s Bay (page does not exist)">Betty’s Bay</a></li> <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></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bocock%E2%80%99s_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bocock’s Bay (page does not exist)">Bocock’s Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombetoka_Bay" title="Bombetoka Bay">Bombetoka Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bootbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bootbaai (page does not exist)">Bootbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bosluisbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bosluisbaai (page does not exist)">Bosluisbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cabinda_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cabinda Bay (page does not exist)">Cabinda Bay</a></li> <li><a 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class="new" title="Dalwakteah Bay (page does not exist)">Dalwakteah Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deurloopbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deurloopbaai (page does not exist)">Deurloopbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doringbaai" title="Doringbaai">Doringbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungonab_Bay" title="Dungonab Bay">Dungonab Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Durissa_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Durissa Bay (page does not exist)">Durissa Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elands_Bay" title="Elands Bay">Elands Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_das_Pombas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada das Pombas (page does not exist)">Enseada das Pombas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_de_S%C3%A3o_Braz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada de São Braz (page does not exist)">Enseada de São Braz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Catumbo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Catumbo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Catumbo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Chalungo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Chalungo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Chalungo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Quicombo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Quicombo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Quicombo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_do_Quitungo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada do Quitungo (page does not exist)">Enseada do Quitungo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Enseada_dos_Tr%C3%AAs_Irm%C3%A3os&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enseada dos Três Irmãos (page does not exist)">Enseada dos Três Irmãos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equimina_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Equimina Bay (page does not exist)">Equimina Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_Bay" title="False Bay">False Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Farta_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Farta Bay (page does not exist)">Farta Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernao_Veloso_Bay" title="Fernao Veloso Bay">Fernao Veloso Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foul_Bay" title="Foul Bay">Foul Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederik_se_Baai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frederik se Baai (page does not exist)">Frederik se Baai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghoubbet-el-Kharab" title="Ghoubbet-el-Kharab">Ghoubbet-el-Kharab</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grosse_Bucht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grosse Bucht (page does not exist)">Grosse Bucht</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gulf of Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_%27Agig" title="Gulf of 'Agig">Gulf of 'Agig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Gab%C3%A8s" title="Gulf of Gabès">Gulf of Gabès</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Hammamet" title="Gulf of Hammamet">Gulf of Hammamet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra" title="Gulf of Sidra">Gulf of Sidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Suez" title="Gulf of Suez">Gulf of Suez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tadjoura" title="Gulf of Tadjoura">Gulf of Tadjoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tunis" title="Gulf of Tunis">Gulf of Tunis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Zula" title="Gulf of Zula">Gulf of Zula</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafun_Bay_South&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafun Bay South (page does not exist)">Hafun Bay South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hann_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Hann Bay">Hann Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harrison_Cove&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harrison Cove (page does not exist)">Harrison Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henties_Bay" title="Henties Bay">Henties Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hirgh%C4%ABgo_Bahir_Selat%E2%80%99%C4%93&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hirghīgo Bahir Selat’ē (page does not exist)">Hirghīgo Bahir Selat’ē</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Horingbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horingbaai (page does not exist)">Horingbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotsbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hottentotsbaai (page does not exist)">Hottentotsbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hurdiyo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hurdiyo (page does not exist)">Hurdiyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydra_Bay" title="Hydra Bay">Hydra Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inhambane_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inhambane Bay (page does not exist)">Inhambane Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jammer_Bucht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jammer Bucht (page does not exist)">Jammer Bucht</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Owen_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Owen Bay (page does not exist)">John Owen Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalawy_Bay" title="Kalawy Bay">Kalawy Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiwaiyu_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiwaiyu Bay (page does not exist)">Kiwaiyu Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lambert_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lambert Bay (page does not exist)">Lambert Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lamu_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lamu Bay (page does not exist)">Lamu Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Langbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Langbaai (page does not exist)">Langbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loango_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loango Bay (page does not exist)">Loango Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobito_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobito Bay">Lobito Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luanda_Bay" title="Luanda Bay">Luanda Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCderitz_Bay" title="Lüderitz Bay">Lüderitz Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=McDougall_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McDougall Bay (page does not exist)">McDougall Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manza_Bay" title="Manza Bay">Manza Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maputo_Bay" title="Maputo Bay">Maputo Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Markusbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Markusbaai (page does not exist)">Markusbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memba_Bay" title="Memba Bay">Memba Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menai_Bay" title="Menai Bay">Menai Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meob_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meob Bay (page does not exist)">Meob Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mietjie_Frans_se_Baai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mietjie Frans se Baai (page does not exist)">Mietjie Frans se Baai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moraha_Bahir_Selat%E2%80%99%C4%93&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moraha Bahir Selat’ē (page does not exist)">Moraha Bahir Selat’ē</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossel_Bay" title="Mossel Bay">Mossel Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%B6webaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Möwebaai (page does not exist)">Möwebaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noopbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noopbaai (page does not exist)">Noopbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oran_Gulf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oran Gulf (page does not exist)">Oran Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pemba_Bay" title="Pemba Bay">Pemba Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipas_Bay" title="Pipas Bay">Pipas Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plaatjieskraalbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plaatjieskraalbaai (page does not exist)">Plaatjieskraalbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Platbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Platbaai (page does not exist)">Platbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plettenbergbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plettenbergbaai (page does not exist)">Plettenbergbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire_Bay" title="Pointe-Noire Bay">Pointe-Noire Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porto_Alexandre,_Angola" title="Porto Alexandre, Angola">Porto Alexandre, Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prinzen_Bucht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prinzen Bucht (page does not exist)">Prinzen Bucht</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=R%C3%ADo_de_Oro_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Río de Oro Bay (page does not exist)">Río de Oro Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rock_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rock Bay (page does not exist)">Rock Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roode_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roode Bay (page does not exist)">Roode Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rooiwalbaai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rooiwalbaai (page does not exist)">Rooiwalbaai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Francis_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Francis Bay (page does not exist)">Saint Francis Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Francis_Bay_(Eastern_Cape)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Francis Bay (Eastern Cape) (page does not exist)">Saint Francis Bay (Eastern Cape)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Helena_Bay" title="St Helena Bay">St Helena Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Sebastian_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Sebastian Bay (page does not exist)">Saint Sebastian Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saldanha_Bay" title="Saldanha Bay">Saldanha Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandwich_Harbour" title="Sandwich Harbour">Sandwich Harbour</a></li> <li><a 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title="Southern Ocean">Antarctic/Southern Ocean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmonauts_Sea" title="Cosmonauts Sea">Cosmonauts Sea</a></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/King_Haakon_VII_Sea" title="King Haakon VII Sea">King Haakon VII Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarev_Sea" title="Lazarev Sea">Lazarev Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawson_Sea" title="Mawson Sea">Mawson Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riiser-Larsen_Sea" title="Riiser-Larsen Sea">Riiser-Larsen Sea</a></li> <li><a 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