Major Seas, Gulfs, and Straits of the World Flashcards
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Gulf of Aden
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Arm of western Indian Ocean between Yemen and Somalia (aka Bab el Mandeb).
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Adriatic Sea
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Arm of Mediterranean Sea between Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania.
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Aegean Sea
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Arm of Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Turkey.
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Gulf of Alaska
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Arm of the Pacific off southeast coast of Alaska.
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Albemarle Sound
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Inlet of the Atlantic between North Carolina and Outer Banks.
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Amundsen Sea
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Part of Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
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Anadyr Gulf
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Arm of Bering Sea off northeast Russia.
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Andaman Sea
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Arm of Indian Ocean between Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Gulf of Aqaba
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Arm of the Red Sea between Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
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Arabian Sea
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Arm of Indian Ocean between Oman, Iran, Pakistan, and India.
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Arafura Sea
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Arm of Indian Ocean between East Timor, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
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Aral Sea
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Landlocked Asian sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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Sea of Azov
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Small sea north of Black Sea between Ukraine and Russia.
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Baffin Bay
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Arm of Arctic Ocean between Baffin Island and Greenland.
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Bali Sea
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Indonesian sea between Java and Bali.
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Baltic Sea
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Nearly enclosed European sea between Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.
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Banda Sea
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Indonesian sea between Timor, Celebes and Seram Islands.
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Barents Sea
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Arm of Arctic Ocean between Norway, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zamlya, and Russia.
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Bass Strait
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Passage from Indian Ocean to Tasman Sea between Australia and Tasmania.
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Beaufort Sea
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Arm of Arctic Ocean off coast of Alaska and Canada.
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Strait of Belle Isle
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Passage from Atlantic to Gulf of St. Lawrence between Labrador and Newfoundland.
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Bellingshausen Sea
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Part of Southern Ocean west of Antarctic Peninsula.
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Bay of Bengal
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Arm of Indian Ocean between India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
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Gulf of Berau
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Arm of Seram Sea in western New Guinea.
25
Bering Sea
Arm of Pacific Ocean between Russia, Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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Bering Strait
Passage from Pacific Ocean to Bearing Sea between Russia and Alaska.
27
Bay of Biscay
Arm of Atlantic between Spain and France.
28
Bismarck Sea
Arm of Pacific between Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea.
29
Black Sea
Nearly enclosed sea between Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia with outlet to Aegean via Bosporus.
30
Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli)
Arm of Yellow Sea between Shandong and Liadong Peninsulas.
31
Bosporus
Turkish strait from Black Sea and Sea of Marmara.
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Gulf of Bothnia
Arm of Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.
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Bristol Channel
Arm of Celtic Sea in southwest England between England and Wales.
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Cabot Strait
Passage from Atlantic to Gulf of St. Lawrence between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
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Gulf of California
Arm of the Pacific in northwest Mexico.
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Bay of Campeche
Southwest arm of Gulf of Mexico on Mexican coast.
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Strait of Canso
Passage from Atlantic to Gulf of St. Lawrence between mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island.
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Cape Cod Bay
Arm of Massachusetts Bay.
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Caribbean Sea
Arm of Atlantic Ocean between Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela and Colombia.
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Gulf of Carpentaria
Australian arm of Indian Ocean between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula.
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Caspian Sea
Central Asian sea between Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.
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Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea
Indonesian Sea between Celebes, Kalimantan (Borneo) and Philippines.
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Celtic Sea
Arm of Atlantic south of Ireland and England.
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Chesapeake Bay
Inlet of Atlantic between Maryland and Virginia.
45
Chukchi Sea
Arm of Arctic Ocean between Siberia and Alaska.
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Cook Strait
Passage from Pacific to Tasman Sea between North and South Island of New Zealand.
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Coral Sea
Arm of Pacific between Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
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Dardanelles (Hellespont)
Turkish strait from Aegean to Sea of Marmara.
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Davis Strait
Passage from Labrador Sea to Baffin Bay between Baffin Island and Greenland.
50
Delaware Bay
Inlet of Atlantic between New Jersey and Delaware.
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Denmark Strait
Passage from Atlantic to Norwegian Sea between Greenland and Iceland.
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Strait of Dover
Passage from English Channel to North Sea between Britain and France.
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Drake Passage
Broad passage from Atlantic to Pacific south of South America.
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East China Sea (Dong Hai)
Arm of Pacific between Taiwan, China, South Korea and Japan.
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East Sea (Sea of Japan)
Sea between North and South Korea, China, Russia and Japan.
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East Siberian Sea
Arm of Arctic between Siberia and New Siberian islands.
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English Channel
Arm of Atlantic between England and France.
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Gulf of Finland
Arm of Baltic between Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
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Flores Sea
Indonesian sea between Flores and Celebes.
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Straits of Florida
Straits of passage from Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic between Florida and Cuba.
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Foxe Basin
Arm of Hudson Bay between Nunavut and Baffin Island.
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Bay of Fundy
Arm of Atlantic between Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; has greatest tidal ranges in the world.
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Galveston Bay
Inlet of Gulf of Mexico on coast of Texas.
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Strait of Gibraltar
Passage from Atlantic to Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain.
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Great Australian Bight
Arm of Indian Ocean off south coast of Western Australia.
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Greenland Sea
Arm of Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Spitsbergen.
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Gulf of Guayaquil
Arm of Pacific off coast of Ecuador.
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Gulf of Guinea
Arm of Atlantic between Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
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Hecate Strait
Passage between Queen Charlotte Island and British Columbia.
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Strait of Hormuz
Passage from Persian Gulf to Gulf of Oman between Oman and Iran.
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Huang Hai (Yellow Sea)
Arm of East China Sea between China and Korean Peninsula.
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Hudson Bay
Canadian Bay between Ontario, Manitoba, Nunavut and Quebec.
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Hudson Strait
Passage from Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay.
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Inland Sea (seto Naikai)
Japanese sea between Kyusho, Honshu and Shikoku Islands.
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Ionian Sea
Arm of Mediterranean between Italy and Greece.
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Irish Sea
Arm of Atlantic between Ireland and England.
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James Bay
Arm of Hudson Bay between Ontario and Quebec.
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Java Sea
Arm of South China Sea between Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
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Juan de Fuca Strait
Passage from Pacific to Puget Sound between Washington and Vancouver Island.
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Kara Sea
Arm of Arctic Ocean between Russia, Novaya Zemlya and Severnaya Zemlya.
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Kattegat
Passage from Skagerak and Baltic to Denmark and Sweden.
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Korea Strait (Strait of Tushima)
Passage from East China Sea to East Sea between South Korea and Japan.
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La Perouse Strait
Passage from Sea of Okhotsk to East Sea between Hokkaido and Sakhalin Islands.
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Labrador Sea
Arm of Atlantic between Labrador, Baffin Island and Greenland.
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Laguna Madre
Inlet of Gulf of Mexico between Texas and Padre Island.
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Laptev Sea
Arm of Arctic Ocean west of Novosibirskiye Ostrova (New Siberian Island).
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Leyte Gulf
Philippines gulf between Samar and Leyte.
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Liaodong Wan (Gulf)
Arm of Bo Hai.
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Ligurian Sea
Arm of Mediterranean between Corsica, France and Italy.
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Lincoln Sea
Arm of Arctic Ocean between Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
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Gulf of Lion
Arm of Mediterranean off southern France.
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Strait of Lombok
Passage from Indian Ocean to Java Sea between Bali and Lombok Island.
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Long Island Sound
Passage from Atlantic to New York Harbor between Connecticut, Rhode Island and Long Island.
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Luzon Strait
Broad passage from Pacific to South China Sea between Taiwan and Philippines.
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Strait of Magellan
Passage from Atlantic to Pacific between Chile and Tierra del Fuego.
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Gulf of Maine
Arm of Atlantic between Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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Makassar Strait
Indonesian strait between Java and Celebes Seas between Borneo and Celebes.
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Strait of Malaca
Main passage from Indian Ocean to South China Sea between Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, and Singapore.
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GUlf of Mannar
Arm of Indian Ocean between India and Sri Lanka.
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Sea of Marmara
Nearly enclosed Turkish sea, with outlets to Aegean via Dardanelles and Black Sea via Bosporus.
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Massachusetts Bay
Arm of Atlantic off Massachusetts.
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Matagorda Bay
Inlet of Gulf of Mexico on Texas coast.
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Mediterranean Sea
Marginal sea of the Atlantic between Africa, Europe and Asia.
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Melaku (Halmahera) Sea
Indonesian arm of Pacific between Celebes and Halmahera.
105
Gulf of Mexico
Arm of Atlantic Ocean between Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Cuba.
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Mobile Bay
Inlet of Gulf of Mexico in Alabama.
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Mona Passage
Passage from Atlantic to Caribbean between Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
108
Mozambique Channel
Indian Ocean passage between Mozambique, Comoros and Madagascar.
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Nantucket Sound
Arm of Atlantic between Nantucket Island, Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod.
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Nares Strait
Ardtic passage from Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea.
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New Georgia Sound
Solomon Islands arm of Pacific west of Guadalcanal; also known as "the Slot" and "Iron Bottom Sound."
112
North Sea
Arm of Atlantic between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium.
113
Northern Sea Route
East-West Arctic passage between Atlantic and Pacific across top of Norway and Russia; first west-east transit 1878-1879.
114
Northumberland Strait
Gulf of St. Lawrence passage from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
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Northwest Passage
East-west Arctic passage from Atlantic to Pacific across top of Canada and U.S.; first east-west transit 1904-06; first west-east transit, 1941-42.
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Norwegian Sea
Arm of Atlantic and Arctic Oceans between Norway and Iceland.
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Sea of Okhotsk
Arm of northwest Pacific between Sakhalin Island, Siberia, Kamchatka Peninsula and Kurile Island.
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Gulf of Oman
Arm of Indian Ocean bordered by Oman, United Arab Emirates and Iran.
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Oresund
Passage from Kattegat to Baltic between Denmark and Sweden.
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Palk Strait
Passage from Bay of Bengal to Gulf of Mannar Between India and Sri Lanka.
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Pamlico Sound
Inlet of Atlantic between North Carolina and Outer Banks.
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Gulf of Panama
Arm of Pacific on south coast of Panama.
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Persian Gulf
Arm of Indian Ocean between United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran.
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Philippine Sea
Arm of Pacific between Philippines, Northern Marianaz, Micronesia and Palau.
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Rio de la Plata
Arm of the Atlantic between Argentina and Uruguay.
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Red Sea
Arm of Indian Ocean between Djibouti, Eritrea, Egupt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
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Ross Sea
Arm of Southern Ocean off Ross Ice Shelf.
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St. Georges Channel
Passage from Celtic and Irish Sea.
129
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canadian arm of Atlantic between New Brunswick, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
130
Sakhalinskiy Zaliv
Arm of Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Sakhalin Island.
131
San Bernardino Strait
Philippines passage between Luzon and Samar.
132
Golfo San Jorge
Arm of Atlantic off southern Argentina.
133
Golfo San Matias
Arm of Atlantic off southern Argentina.
134
Savu Sea
Indonesian Sea between Sumba, Flores and Timor.
135
Scotia Sea
Arm of Southern Ocean east of Drake Passage between South Georgia, South Sandwich and South Orkney Island.
136
Seram Sea
Indonesian Sea between Seram, Halmahera and New Guinea.
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Shilihova Zaliv
Arm of Sea of Okhotsk between Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula.
138
Sibuyan Sea
Philippine sea between Panay, Mindoro and Luzon.
139
Strait of Sicily
Mediterranean passage between Sicily and Tunisia.
140
Singapore Strait
Passage from Malaca Strait to South China Sea between Malay Peninsula and Singapore.
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Skaggerak
Strait between North and Baltic Seas between Denmark and Norway.
142
Solomon Sea
Arm of Pacific between Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
143
South China Sea (Nan Hai)
Arm of Pacific between China, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapre, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
144
Spencer Gulf
Inlet of Indian Ocean between South Australia and Kangaroo Island.
145
Suez Canal
Egyptian canal between Mediterranean and Red Sea.
146
Sulu Sea
Nearly enclosed sea between Borneo and Philippine islands.
147
Sunda Strait
Passage from Indian Ocean to Java Sea between Sumatra and Java.
148
Surigo Strait
Philippines passage from Pacific to Sulu Sea between Leyte and Mindanao.
149
Taiwan (Formosa) Strait
Passage from South China to East China Seas between China and Taiwan.
150
Tasman Sea
Arm of Pacific between Australia and New Zealand.
151
Tatar Strait
Passage from East Sea to Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Sakhalin Island.
152
Gulf of Bone
Arm of Banda Sea in southern Celebes.
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Gulf of Tomini
Arm of Melaku Sea in northern Celebes.
154
Gulf of Thailand
Arm of South China Sea between Thailand and Cambodia.
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Timor Sea
Arm of indian Ocean between East Timor and Australia.
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Gulf of Tongkin
Arm of South China Sea between Vietnam and Hainan Island, China.
157
Torres Strait
Passage from Pacific to Arafura Sea between Papua New Guinea and Australia.
158
Tyrrhenian Sea
Part of Mediterranean between Sardinia, Corsica, Italy and Sicily.
159
Gulf of Venezuela
Arm of Caribbean in western Venezuela.
160
Weddell Sea
Part of Southern Ocean east of Antarctic Peninsula.
161
White Sea
Arm of Arctic Ocean in northwest Russia.
162
Windward Passage
Passage from Atlantic to Caribbean between Cuba and Haiti.
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Yucatan Channel
Passage from Caribbean to Gulf of Mexico between Mexico and Cuba.
