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EA:  SEA_NAME

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1187

Concept definition: The name of a major <WATERBODY> (for example: a <SEA>, a <MARINE_STRAIT>, a <MARINE_GULF>, and/or a <MARINE_BAY>); sea name.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: PR
Reference: [LOS]
Supplemental references:  

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME ADRIATIC_SEA Adriatic Sea as defined in [LOS, 3.1.2.1]. The Adriatic Sea is situated in the north-western part of the Mediterranean eastern <WATERBODY_BASIN>, generally between the <COAST>s of Italy, Yugoslavia and Albania. 1 PR [LOS, 3.1.2.1]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME AEGEAN_SEA Aegean Sea as defined in [LOS, 3.1.2.4]. The Aegean Sea is situated generally between the <COAST>s of Greece and Turkey. 2 PR [LOS, 3.1.2.4]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME ALBORAN_SEA Alboran Sea as defined in [LOS, 3.1.1.2]. The Alboran Sea is situated generally between the southern <COAST> of Spain and the <COAST>s of Algeria and Morocco. 3 PR [LOS, 3.1.1.2]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME AMUNDSEN_SEA Amundsen Sea as defined in [LOS, 10.11]. The Amundsen Sea is situated generally off the <COAST> of Marie Byrd Land and westward of Thurston Island. 4 PR [LOS, 10.11]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME ANADYRSKIY_ZALIV Anadyrskiy Zaliv as defined in [LOS, 7.9]. The Anadyrskiy Zaliv is situated generally north-westward and adjacent to the <<<BERING_SEA>>> and bounded by the Siberian <COAST>. 5 PR [LOS, 7.9]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME ANDAMAN_SEA Andaman Sea as defined in [LOS, 5.13]. The Andaman Sea is situated generally between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the <COAST>s of Myanmar and Thailand. 6 PR [LOS, 5.13]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME ARABIAN_SEA Arabian Sea as defined in [LOS, 5.8]. The Arabian Sea is situated generally in the northern part of the Indian Ocean. 7 PR [LOS, 5.8]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME ARAFURA_SEA Arafura Sea as defined in [LOS, 5.15]. The Arafura Sea is a component of the Indian Ocean generally lying between the south-western part of New Guinea and the northern <COAST> of Australia. 8 PR [LOS, 5.15]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME ARU_SEA Aru Sea as defined in [LOS, 6.13]. The Aru Sea lies off the southern <COAST> of Irian Jaya, and is generally bounded on the south by the <<<ARAFURA_SEA>>> and on the west by the <<<BANDA_SEA>>> and <<<CERAM_SEA>>>s. 9 PR [LOS, 6.13]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BAFFIN_BAY Baffin Bay as defined in [LOS, 9.12]. The Baffin Bay is situated generally between the eastern <COAST> of Ellesmere, Devon, Bylot and Baffin Islands on the west, and the western and north-western <COAST>s of Greenland on the east. 10 PR [LOS, 9.12]  

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