Seas of the World Flashcards
Bay separating Nunavut from Greenland
Baffin Bay
Sea off the south coast of Ireland, to the edge of the continental shelf
Celtic Sea
Strait connecting Baffin Bay to the Labrador Sea
Davis Strait
Bay between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia renowned for its high tidal range
Bay of Fundy
Sea between Australia and New Zealand
Tasman Sea
Sea bounded on the north by Pakistan and India, connected to the Persian Gulf by the Gulf of Oman and to the Red Sea by the Gulf of Aden
Arabian Sea
Seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia
Red Sea
Estuary between the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Also known as the Sea of Cortés
Gulf of California
Strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Strait of Hormuz
Sea between Atlantic Canada and Greenland
Labrador Sea
Strait connecting Baffin Bay to the Arctic Ocean
Nares Strait
Pacific sea between Russia and Alaska; largest sea in the world
Bering Sea
Northern part of the East China Sea, located between China and Korea
Yellow Sea
Strait that separates the Labrador Peninsula from the island of Newfoundland
Strait of Belle Isle
World’s shallowest sea; linked by the narrow Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Sea between the Italian Riviera and the island of Corsica
Ligurian Sea
Sea historically also known as the Burma Sea
Andaman Sea
Strait between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean)
Cabot Strait
Sea supplied by the Danube and Dnieper, among other rivers
Black Sea
Also known as the Golfe de Gascogne and the Golfo de Vizcaya, it lies off the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain
Bay of Biscay
Sea south of China, east of Vietnam, and west of the Philippines
South China Sea
Sea between southern Italy and the west coast of Greece
Ionian Sea
Sea known to the Ancient Romans as Mare Nostrum (“Our Sea”)
Mediterranean Sea
Sea between the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia
Black Sea
Saltiest sea in the world
Red Sea
Estuary off the coast of Virginia and dividing the state of Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Sea located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia
Barents Sea
Narrow strait connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara; also known as the Strait of Istanbul
Bosporus
Narrow strait connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar
Southernmost part of Hudson Bay
James Bay
Inlet of the Ionian Sea, separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece
Gulf of Corinth
Sea north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska
Beaufort Sea
Strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland
Bass Strait
Gulf at the outlet of the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Large bay in northeastern Canada
Hudson Bay
Sea separating the islands of Ireland and Great Britain
Irish Sea
Body of water between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest
Persian Gulf
Sea off the northeast coast of Australia; includes the Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea
Narrow strait connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas; known in antiquity as the Hellespont
Dardanelles
Gulf including the Bay of Fundy, Massachusetts Bay, and Cape Cod Bay
Gulf of Maine
Strait between mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island
Georgia Strait
Southern Ocean sea bounded by Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula
Weddell Sea
Body of water called “la Manche,” or “the Sleeve” by the French
English Channel
Waterway connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Bay bounded on the west and northwest by India on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Channel between the African continent and Madagascar
Mozambique Channel
Sea between Japan, Korea, and Russia
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Southernmost sea in the world, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica
Ross Sea
Gulf separating Sweden and Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Sea located between Great Britain and Scandinavia
North Sea
Sea between Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula, bounded by Hokkaido to the south
Sea of Okhotsk
Gulf largely surrounded by the North American continent, bounded on the southeast by Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas
Aegean Sea
Region of the North Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre; distinguished by its characteristic brown seaweed
Sargasso Sea
Sea between China and Japan’s Kyushu and Ryukyu Islands
East China Sea
Sea bounded by Denmark to the west and Russia to the east
Baltic Sea
Sea between the islands of southeast Asia and Australia
Timor Sea
Sea off the western coast of Italy, bounded by Corsica and Sardinia to the west
Tyrrhenian Sea
Gulf connecting the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea
Gulf of Oman
Sea separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula
Adriatic Sea
The easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea, bordered by Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Gaza Strip in the east
Levantine Sea
Gulf connecting the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
Intricate network of coastal waterways of southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington; includes the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound
Salish Sea
Inland sea, entirely within the borders of Turkey, that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea
Sea of Marmara
Strait between India and Sri Lanka
Palk Strait
Sea off the northern coast of South America, bounded to the east by the Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Sea