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EA:  OCEAN_NAME

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 919

Concept definition: The name of an <OCEAN>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [BOWD]
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
OCEAN_NAME ANTARCTIC Antarctic Ocean, or Southern Ocean, as defined in [LOS, 10]. The limits of the Antarctic Ocean are the parallel of 60°S to the north and the <COAST> of Antarctica, including the Antarctic Peninsula, to the south. 1 PR [LOS, 10]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME ARCTIC Arctic Ocean as defined in [LOS, 9]. The Arctic Ocean is situated round the North Pole. Its southern limit generally follows the northern <COAST>s of North America, Greenland, and Eurasia. 2 PR [LOS, 9]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME ATLANTIC <<<NORTH_ATLANTIC>>> plus <<<SOUTH_ATLANTIC>>> as defined in [LOS, 1 and 4]. 3 PR [LOS, 1 and 4]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME INDIAN Indian Ocean as defined in [LOS, 5]. The general limits of the Indian Ocean are the eastern <COAST> of Africa, the sourthen <COAST> of Asia, the western <COAST> of Australia, and the parallel of 60°S to the south. 4 PR [LOS, 5]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME NORTH_ATLANTIC North <<<ATLANTIC>>> Ocean as defined in [LOS, 1]. The general limits of the North Atlantic Ocean are the eastern <COAST>s of South America and North America, the southern <COAST> of Greenland, the western <COAST>s of Europe and Africa, and the Equator. 5 PR [LOS, 1]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME NORTH_PACIFIC North <<<PACIFIC>>> Ocean as defined in [LOS, 7]. The general limits of the North Pacific Ocean are the eastern <COAST> of Asia, the western <COAST> of North America, and the Equator. 6 PR [LOS, 7]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME PACIFIC <<<NORTH_PACIFIC>>> plus <<<SOUTH_PACIFIC>>> as defined in [LOS, 7 and 8]. 7 PR [LOS, 7 and 8]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME SOUTH_ATLANTIC South <<<ATLANTIC>>> Ocean as defined in [LOS, 4]. The general limits of the South Atlantic Ocean are the eastern <COAST> of South America, the Equator, the western <COAST> of Africa, and the parallel of 60°S to the south. 8 PR [LOS, 4]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME SOUTH_CHINA South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas as defined in [LOS, 6]. The general limits of the South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas are the eastern boundary of the Indian Ocean, the south-eastern <COAST> of Asia, and the western boundary of the Pacific Ocean. 9 PR [LOS, 6]  
STD
2005/06/07
OCEAN_NAME SOUTH_PACIFIC South <<<PACIFIC>>> Ocean as defined in [LOS, 8]. The general limits of the South Pacific Ocean are the eastern <COAST>s of Australia, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, the Equator, the western <COAST> of South America, and the parallel of 60°S to the south. 10 PR [LOS, 8]  

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