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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]  
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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]  
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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]  
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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]  
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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]  
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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
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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]  
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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]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BALEAR_SEA Balear Sea as defined in [LOS, 3.1.1.3]. The Balear Sea is situated generally between the eastern <COAST> of Spain and the Islas Baleares. 11 PR [LOS, 3.1.1.3]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BALI_SEA Bali Sea as defined in [LOS, 6.9]. The Bali Sea is situated generally southward and adjacent to the <<<JAWA_SEA>>>, between the eastern <COAST> of Jawa and the western <COAST> of Sumbawa. 12 PR [LOS, 6.9]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BALTIC_SEA Baltic Sea as defined in [LOS, 2]. The Baltic Sea is an enclosed <SEA> opening only to the <<<SKAGERRAK>>>, generally bounded by the <COAST>s of Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and Denmark. 13 PR [LOS, 2]  
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SEA_NAME BANDA_SEA Banda Sea as defined in [LOS, 6.14]. The Banda Sea is generally bounded on the north by Buru and Ceram, on the east by Nuhu Cut and Yamdena, on the south by Moa, Timor, Alor, Pantar and Kawula, and on the west by Sulawesi and the <<<FLORES_SEA>>>. 14 PR [LOS, 6.14]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BARENTS_SEA Barents Sea as defined in [LOS, 9.4]. The Barents Sea is situated generally off the north-eastern <COAST> of Norway and the north-western <COAST> of Russia. 15 PR [LOS, 9.4]  
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SEA_NAME BASS_STRAIT Bass Strait as defined in [LOS, 8.4.1]. The Bass Strait is a component of the <<<TASMAN_SEA>>> and is situated generally between the south-eastern <COAST> of Australia and Tasmania. 16 PR [LOS, 8.4.1]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BAY_OF_BENGAL Bay of Bengal as defined in [LOS, 5.12]. The Bay of Bengal is situated in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, generally between the <COAST>s of Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and the western side of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 17 PR [LOS, 5.12]  
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2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BAY_OF_BISCAY Bay of Biscay (or Golfe de Gascogne) as defined in [LOS, 1.8]. The Bay of Biscay is situated generally between the western <COAST> of France and the northern <COAST> of Spain. 18 PR [LOS, 1.8]  
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2005/06/07
SEA_NAME BAY_OF_BOTHNIA Bay of Bothnia as defined in [LOS, 2.2.2]. The Bay of Bothnia is the northern of the two <WATERBODY_BASIN>s comprising the <<<GULF_OF_BOTHNIA>>>, and is situated generally between the eastern <COAST> of Sweden and the western <COAST> of Finland. 19 PR [LOS, 2.2.2]  
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SEA_NAME BAY_OF_FUNDY Bay of Fundy as defined in [LOS, 1.12]. The Bay of Fundy is situated generally on the eastern <COAST> of North America, bounded on the west, the north and the east by the <COAST> of Maine, in the United States, and the <COAST>s of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in Canada. 20 PR [LOS, 1.12]  

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