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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 ROSS_SEA Ross Sea as defined in [LOS, 10.10]. The Ross Sea is a major indentation on the eastern side of Antarctica, largely surrounded by the Antarctic shoreline, of which a major part is the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. 111 PR [LOS, 10.10]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SAWU_SEA Sawu Sea as defined in [LOS, 6.12]. The Sawu Sea is generally bounded on the north by Flores, Kawula, Pantar and Alor Islands, and on the south by Pulau Sumba, Dana, Roti and Timor. 112 PR [LOS, 6.12]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SCOTIA_SEA Scotia Sea as defined in [LOS, 4.2]. The Scotia Sea is generally bounded by the south-eastern extremity of South America and the South Shetland Islands on the west and by South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands to the north and east. 113 PR [LOS, 4.2]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SEA_OF_AZOV Sea of Azov as defined in [LOS, 3.4]. The Sea of Azov is a shallow enclosed <SEA> situated north-east of the <<<BLACK_SEA>>> and generally bounded by the <COAST>s of Russia and Ukraine, connected only with the <<<BLACK_SEA>>> through the Kerch Strait on the south. 114 PR [LOS, 3.4]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SEA_OF_CRETE Sea of Crete, the southern part of the <<<AEGEAN_SEA>>>, located between Crete to the south and the Cyclades to the north. 115  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SEA_OF_JAPAN Sea of Japan as defined in [LOS, 7.6]. The Sea of Japan is situated generally between the Asian <COAST> and the islands of Japan and Sakhalin. 116 PR [LOS, 7.6]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SEA_OF_MARMARA Sea of Marmara as defined in [LOS, 3.2]. The Sea of Marmara is an enclosed <SEA> situated generally in the north-western part of Turkey, connected through the Bosporus with the <<<BLACK_SEA>>> on the north-east, and through the Dardanelles with the <<<AEGEAN_SEA>>> on the south-west. 117 PR [LOS, 3.2]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SEA_OF_OKHOTSK Sea of Okhotsk as defined in [LOS, 7.7]. The Sea of Okhotsk is situated in the north-western part of the North Pacific Ocean and is generally bounded by the <COAST>s of Ostrov Sakhalin, mainland Russia, Kuril'skiye Ostrova and Hokkaido. 118 PR [LOS, 7.7]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SETO_NAIKAI Seto Naikai as defined in [LOS, 7.5]. The Seto Naikai is a small enclosed <SEA> situated in Japan and generally bounded on the north and the east by the southern <COAST> of Honshu, and on the south by the northern <COAST>s of Shikoku and Kyushu, connected through the Kanmon Kaikyo with the <<<SEA_OF_JAPAN>>> in the west, and through Bungo Suido and Kii Suido with the <<<PHILIPPINE_SEA>>> in the south. 119 PR [LOS, 7.5]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME SINGAPORE_STRAIT Singapore Strait as defined in [LOS, 6.5.1]. The Singapore Strait is generally bounded on the north by the southern <COAST>s of the Malay Peninsula and Singapore Island, and on the south by the northern <COAST>s of the islands of Karimun Kecil, Pemping Besar, Batam and Bintan. 120 PR [LOS, 6.5.1]  

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