Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Geography > Major Seas, Gulfs, and Straits of the World > Flashcards

Major Seas, Gulfs, and Straits of the World Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
U.S. Geography flashcards World Geography flashcards
1
Q

Gulf of Aden

A

Arm of western Indian Ocean between Yemen and Somalia (aka Bab el Mandeb).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Adriatic Sea

A

Arm of Mediterranean Sea between Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Aegean Sea

A

Arm of Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Turkey.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Gulf of Alaska

A

Arm of the Pacific off southeast coast of Alaska.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Albemarle Sound

A

Inlet of the Atlantic between North Carolina and Outer Banks.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Amundsen Sea

A

Part of Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Anadyr Gulf

A

Arm of Bering Sea off northeast Russia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Andaman Sea

A

Arm of Indian Ocean between Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Gulf of Aqaba

A

Arm of the Red Sea between Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Arabian Sea

A

Arm of Indian Ocean between Oman, Iran, Pakistan, and India.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Arafura Sea

A

Arm of Indian Ocean between East Timor, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Aral Sea

A

Landlocked Asian sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Sea of Azov

A

Small sea north of Black Sea between Ukraine and Russia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Baffin Bay

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean between Baffin Island and Greenland.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Bali Sea

A

Indonesian sea between Java and Bali.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Baltic Sea

A

Nearly enclosed European sea between Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Banda Sea

A

Indonesian sea between Timor, Celebes and Seram Islands.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Barents Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean between Norway, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zamlya, and Russia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Bass Strait

A

Passage from Indian Ocean to Tasman Sea between Australia and Tasmania.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Beaufort Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean off coast of Alaska and Canada.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Strait of Belle Isle

A

Passage from Atlantic to Gulf of St. Lawrence between Labrador and Newfoundland.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Bellingshausen Sea

A

Part of Southern Ocean west of Antarctic Peninsula.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Bay of Bengal

A

Arm of Indian Ocean between India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Gulf of Berau

A

Arm of Seram Sea in western New Guinea.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Bering Sea

A

Arm of Pacific Ocean between Russia, Alaska and Aleutian Islands.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Bering Strait

A

Passage from Pacific Ocean to Bearing Sea between Russia and Alaska.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Bay of Biscay

A

Arm of Atlantic between Spain and France.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Bismarck Sea

A

Arm of Pacific between Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Black Sea

A

Nearly enclosed sea between Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia with outlet to Aegean via Bosporus.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli)

A

Arm of Yellow Sea between Shandong and Liadong Peninsulas.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Bosporus

A

Turkish strait from Black Sea and Sea of Marmara.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Gulf of Bothnia

A

Arm of Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Bristol Channel

A

Arm of Celtic Sea in southwest England between England and Wales.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Cabot Strait

A

Passage from Atlantic to Gulf of St. Lawrence between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Gulf of California

A

Arm of the Pacific in northwest Mexico.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Bay of Campeche

A

Southwest arm of Gulf of Mexico on Mexican coast.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Strait of Canso

A

Passage from Atlantic to Gulf of St. Lawrence between mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Cape Cod Bay

A

Arm of Massachusetts Bay.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Caribbean Sea

A

Arm of Atlantic Ocean between Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela and Colombia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Gulf of Carpentaria

A

Australian arm of Indian Ocean between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

Caspian Sea

A

Central Asian sea between Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea

A

Indonesian Sea between Celebes, Kalimantan (Borneo) and Philippines.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

Celtic Sea

A

Arm of Atlantic south of Ireland and England.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

Chesapeake Bay

A

Inlet of Atlantic between Maryland and Virginia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

Chukchi Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean between Siberia and Alaska.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

Cook Strait

A

Passage from Pacific to Tasman Sea between North and South Island of New Zealand.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

Coral Sea

A

Arm of Pacific between Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
48
Q

Dardanelles (Hellespont)

A

Turkish strait from Aegean to Sea of Marmara.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
49
Q

Davis Strait

A

Passage from Labrador Sea to Baffin Bay between Baffin Island and Greenland.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
50
Q

Delaware Bay

A

Inlet of Atlantic between New Jersey and Delaware.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
51
Q

Denmark Strait

A

Passage from Atlantic to Norwegian Sea between Greenland and Iceland.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
52
Q

Strait of Dover

A

Passage from English Channel to North Sea between Britain and France.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
53
Q

Drake Passage

A

Broad passage from Atlantic to Pacific south of South America.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
54
Q

East China Sea (Dong Hai)

A

Arm of Pacific between Taiwan, China, South Korea and Japan.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
55
Q

East Sea (Sea of Japan)

A

Sea between North and South Korea, China, Russia and Japan.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
56
Q

East Siberian Sea

A

Arm of Arctic between Siberia and New Siberian islands.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
57
Q

English Channel

A

Arm of Atlantic between England and France.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
58
Q

Gulf of Finland

A

Arm of Baltic between Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
59
Q

Flores Sea

A

Indonesian sea between Flores and Celebes.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
60
Q

Straits of Florida

A

Straits of passage from Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic between Florida and Cuba.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
61
Q

Foxe Basin

A

Arm of Hudson Bay between Nunavut and Baffin Island.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
62
Q

Bay of Fundy

A

Arm of Atlantic between Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; has greatest tidal ranges in the world.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
63
Q

Galveston Bay

A

Inlet of Gulf of Mexico on coast of Texas.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
64
Q

Strait of Gibraltar

A

Passage from Atlantic to Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
65
Q

Great Australian Bight

A

Arm of Indian Ocean off south coast of Western Australia.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
66
Q

Greenland Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Spitsbergen.

67
Q

Gulf of Guayaquil

A

Arm of Pacific off coast of Ecuador.

68
Q

Gulf of Guinea

A

Arm of Atlantic between Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.

69
Q

Hecate Strait

A

Passage between Queen Charlotte Island and British Columbia.

70
Q

Strait of Hormuz

A

Passage from Persian Gulf to Gulf of Oman between Oman and Iran.

71
Q

Huang Hai (Yellow Sea)

A

Arm of East China Sea between China and Korean Peninsula.

72
Q

Hudson Bay

A

Canadian Bay between Ontario, Manitoba, Nunavut and Quebec.

73
Q

Hudson Strait

A

Passage from Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay.

74
Q

Inland Sea (seto Naikai)

A

Japanese sea between Kyusho, Honshu and Shikoku Islands.

75
Q

Ionian Sea

A

Arm of Mediterranean between Italy and Greece.

76
Q

Irish Sea

A

Arm of Atlantic between Ireland and England.

77
Q

James Bay

A

Arm of Hudson Bay between Ontario and Quebec.

78
Q

Java Sea

A

Arm of South China Sea between Sumatra, Borneo and Java.

79
Q

Juan de Fuca Strait

A

Passage from Pacific to Puget Sound between Washington and Vancouver Island.

80
Q

Kara Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean between Russia, Novaya Zemlya and Severnaya Zemlya.

81
Q

Kattegat

A

Passage from Skagerak and Baltic to Denmark and Sweden.

82
Q

Korea Strait (Strait of Tushima)

A

Passage from East China Sea to East Sea between South Korea and Japan.

83
Q

La Perouse Strait

A

Passage from Sea of Okhotsk to East Sea between Hokkaido and Sakhalin Islands.

84
Q

Labrador Sea

A

Arm of Atlantic between Labrador, Baffin Island and Greenland.

85
Q

Laguna Madre

A

Inlet of Gulf of Mexico between Texas and Padre Island.

86
Q

Laptev Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean west of Novosibirskiye Ostrova (New Siberian Island).

87
Q

Leyte Gulf

A

Philippines gulf between Samar and Leyte.

88
Q

Liaodong Wan (Gulf)

A

Arm of Bo Hai.

89
Q

Ligurian Sea

A

Arm of Mediterranean between Corsica, France and Italy.

90
Q

Lincoln Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean between Ellesmere Island and Greenland.

91
Q

Gulf of Lion

A

Arm of Mediterranean off southern France.

92
Q

Strait of Lombok

A

Passage from Indian Ocean to Java Sea between Bali and Lombok Island.

93
Q

Long Island Sound

A

Passage from Atlantic to New York Harbor between Connecticut, Rhode Island and Long Island.

94
Q

Luzon Strait

A

Broad passage from Pacific to South China Sea between Taiwan and Philippines.

95
Q

Strait of Magellan

A

Passage from Atlantic to Pacific between Chile and Tierra del Fuego.

96
Q

Gulf of Maine

A

Arm of Atlantic between Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

97
Q

Makassar Strait

A

Indonesian strait between Java and Celebes Seas between Borneo and Celebes.

98
Q

Strait of Malaca

A

Main passage from Indian Ocean to South China Sea between Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, and Singapore.

99
Q

GUlf of Mannar

A

Arm of Indian Ocean between India and Sri Lanka.

100
Q

Sea of Marmara

A

Nearly enclosed Turkish sea, with outlets to Aegean via Dardanelles and Black Sea via Bosporus.

101
Q

Massachusetts Bay

A

Arm of Atlantic off Massachusetts.

102
Q

Matagorda Bay

A

Inlet of Gulf of Mexico on Texas coast.

103
Q

Mediterranean Sea

A

Marginal sea of the Atlantic between Africa, Europe and Asia.

104
Q

Melaku (Halmahera) Sea

A

Indonesian arm of Pacific between Celebes and Halmahera.

105
Q

Gulf of Mexico

A

Arm of Atlantic Ocean between Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Cuba.

106
Q

Mobile Bay

A

Inlet of Gulf of Mexico in Alabama.

107
Q

Mona Passage

A

Passage from Atlantic to Caribbean between Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.

108
Q

Mozambique Channel

A

Indian Ocean passage between Mozambique, Comoros and Madagascar.

109
Q

Nantucket Sound

A

Arm of Atlantic between Nantucket Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod.

110
Q

Nares Strait

A

Ardtic passage from Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea.

111
Q

New Georgia Sound

A

Solomon Islands arm of Pacific west of Guadalcanal; also known as “the Slot” and “Iron Bottom Sound.”

112
Q

North Sea

A

Arm of Atlantic between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium.

113
Q

Northern Sea Route

A

East-West Arctic passage between Atlantic and Pacific across top of Norway and Russia; first west-east transit 1878-1879.

114
Q

Northumberland Strait

A

Gulf of St. Lawrence passage from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

115
Q

Northwest Passage

A

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.

116
Q

Norwegian Sea

A

Arm of Atlantic and Arctic Oceans between Norway and Iceland.

117
Q

Sea of Okhotsk

A

Arm of northwest Pacific between Sakhalin Island, Siberia, Kamchatka Peninsula and Kurile Island.

118
Q

Gulf of Oman

A

Arm of Indian Ocean bordered by Oman, United Arab Emirates and Iran.

119
Q

Oresund

A

Passage from Kattegat to Baltic between Denmark and Sweden.

120
Q

Palk Strait

A

Passage from Bay of Bengal to Gulf of Mannar Between India and Sri Lanka.

121
Q

Pamlico Sound

A

Inlet of Atlantic between North Carolina and Outer Banks.

122
Q

Gulf of Panama

A

Arm of Pacific on south coast of Panama.

123
Q

Persian Gulf

A

Arm of Indian Ocean between United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran.

124
Q

Philippine Sea

A

Arm of Pacific between Philippines, Northern Marianaz, Micronesia and Palau.

125
Q

Rio de la Plata

A

Arm of the Atlantic between Argentina and Uruguay.

126
Q

Red Sea

A

Arm of Indian Ocean between Djibouti, Eritrea, Egupt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

127
Q

Ross Sea

A

Arm of Southern Ocean off Ross Ice Shelf.

128
Q

St. Georges Channel

A

Passage from Celtic and Irish Sea.

129
Q

Gulf of St. Lawrence

A

Canadian arm of Atlantic between New Brunswick, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

130
Q

Sakhalinskiy Zaliv

A

Arm of Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Sakhalin Island.

131
Q

San Bernardino Strait

A

Philippines passage between Luzon and Samar.

132
Q

Golfo San Jorge

A

Arm of Atlantic off southern Argentina.

133
Q

Golfo San Matias

A

Arm of Atlantic off southern Argentina.

134
Q

Savu Sea

A

Indonesian Sea between Sumba, Flores and Timor.

135
Q

Scotia Sea

A

Arm of Southern Ocean east of Drake Passage between South Georgia, South Sandwich and South Orkney Island.

136
Q

Seram Sea

A

Indonesian Sea between Seram, Halmahera and New Guinea.

137
Q

Shilihova Zaliv

A

Arm of Sea of Okhotsk between Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula.

138
Q

Sibuyan Sea

A

Philippine sea between Panay, Mindoro and Luzon.

139
Q

Strait of Sicily

A

Mediterranean passage between Sicily and Tunisia.

140
Q

Singapore Strait

A

Passage from Malaca Strait to South China Sea between Malay Peninsula and Singapore.

141
Q

Skaggerak

A

Strait between North and Baltic Seas between Denmark and Norway.

142
Q

Solomon Sea

A

Arm of Pacific between Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

143
Q

South China Sea (Nan Hai)

A

Arm of Pacific between China, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapre, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

144
Q

Spencer Gulf

A

Inlet of Indian Ocean between South Australia and Kangaroo Island.

145
Q

Suez Canal

A

Egyptian canal between Mediterranean and Red Sea.

146
Q

Sulu Sea

A

Nearly enclosed sea between Borneo and Philippine islands.

147
Q

Sunda Strait

A

Passage from Indian Ocean to Java Sea between Sumatra and Java.

148
Q

Surigo Strait

A

Philippines passage from Pacific to Sulu Sea between Leyte and Mindanao.

149
Q

Taiwan (Formosa) Strait

A

Passage from South China to East China Seas between China and Taiwan.

150
Q

Tasman Sea

A

Arm of Pacific between Australia and New Zealand.

151
Q

Tatar Strait

A

Passage from East Sea to Sea of Okhotsk between Russia and Sakhalin Island.

152
Q

Gulf of Bone

A

Arm of Banda Sea in southern Celebes.

153
Q

Gulf of Tomini

A

Arm of Melaku Sea in northern Celebes.

154
Q

Gulf of Thailand

A

Arm of South China Sea between Thailand and Cambodia.

155
Q

Timor Sea

A

Arm of indian Ocean between East Timor and Australia.

156
Q

Gulf of Tongkin

A

Arm of South China Sea between Vietnam and Hainan Island, China.

157
Q

Torres Strait

A

Passage from Pacific to Arafura Sea between Papua New Guinea and Australia.

158
Q

Tyrrhenian Sea

A

Part of Mediterranean between Sardinia, Corsica, Italy and Sicily.

159
Q

Gulf of Venezuela

A

Arm of Caribbean in western Venezuela.

160
Q

Weddell Sea

A

Part of Southern Ocean east of Antarctic Peninsula.

161
Q

White Sea

A

Arm of Arctic Ocean in northwest Russia.

162
Q

Windward Passage

A

Passage from Atlantic to Caribbean between Cuba and Haiti.

163
Q

Yucatan Channel

A

Passage from Caribbean to Gulf of Mexico between Mexico and Cuba.

Geography (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions