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