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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 BEAUFORT_SEA Beaufort Sea as defined in [LOS, 9.15]. The Beaufort Sea is situated generally off the northern <COAST>s of Alaska and Canada, and bounded on the east by Prince Patrick and Banks Islands. 21 PR [LOS, 9.15]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BELLINGSHAUSEN_SEA Bellingshausen Sea as defined in [LOS, 10.12]. The Bellingshausen Sea is generally located west of the Antarctic Peninsula and confined by Peter I Island and Thurston Island. 22 PR [LOS, 10.12]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BERING_SEA Bering Sea as defined in [LOS, 7.8]. The Bering Sea is situated generally in the northern part of the North Pacific Ocean and bounded on the west by the <COAST>s of Poluostrov Kamchatka and Siberia, on the east by the <COAST> of Alaska, and on the south by the Aleutian Islands. 23 PR [LOS, 7.8]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BISMARCK_SEA Bismarck Sea as defined in [LOS, 8.1]. The Bismarck Sea is situated generally off the north-eastern <COAST> of Papua New Guinea and bounded by the Bismarck Archipelago. 24 PR [LOS, 8.1]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BLACK_SEA Black Sea as defined in [LOS, 3.3]. The Black Sea is an enclosed <SEA> situated in the north-eastern part of the Mediterranean <REGION>, generally bounded by the <COAST>s of Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey, connected through the Kerch Strait with the <<<SEA_OF_AZOV>>> on the north, and through the Bosporus with the <<<SEA_OF_MARMARA>>> on the south-west. 25 PR [LOS, 3.3]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BOTHNIAN_SEA Bothnian Sea as defined in [LOS, 2.2.1]. The Bothnian Sea is the southern 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. 27 PR [LOS, 2.2.1]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BO_HAI Bo Hai as defined in [LOS, 7.4.1]. The Bo Hai is situated in the north-west part of the <<<YELLOW_SEA>>> and is generally bounded by the <COAST> of China. 26 PR [LOS, 7.4.1]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BRANSFIELD_STRAIT Bransfield Strait as defined in [LOS, 10.14]. The Bransfield Strait is situated generally between the South Shetland Islands and the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula. 28 PR [LOS, 10.14]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME BRISTOL_CHANNEL Bristol Channel as defined in [LOS, 1.5]. The Bristol Channel is situated generally north-eastward and adjacent to the <<<CELTIC_SEA>>> and bounded on the north, the east, and the south by the <COAST>s of Wales and England. 29 PR [LOS, 1.5]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME CARIBBEAN_SEA Caribbean Sea as defined in [LOS, 1.10]. The Caribbean Sea is situated generally between the northern <COAST> of South America, the eastern <COAST> of Central America and the islands of the West Indies. 30 PR [LOS, 1.10]  
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