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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 IRISH_SEA_AND_ST_GEORGES-
_CHANNEL
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel as defined in [LOS, 1.4]. The Irish Sea and St. George's Channel are situated generally between the eastern <COAST> of Ireland and the western <COAST>s of Scotland, England and Wales. 81 PR [LOS, 1.4]  
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SEA_NAME JAWA_SEA Jawa Sea as defined in [LOS, 6.7]. The Jawa Sea is situated generally between the southern <COAST> of Kalimantan and the northern <COAST> of Jawa. 82 PR [LOS, 6.7]  
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SEA_NAME JOSEPH_BONAPARTE_GULF Joseph Bonaparte Gulf as defined in [LOS, 5.14.1]. The Joseph Bonaparte Gulf is generally an indentation of the <<<TIMOR_SEA>>> into the north-western <COAST> of Australia. 83 PR [LOS, 5.14.1]  
STD
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SEA_NAME KARA_SEA Kara Sea as defined in [LOS, 9.3]. The Kara Sea is situated generally off the northern <COAST> of Russia. 84 PR [LOS, 9.3]  
STD
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SEA_NAME KATTEGAT Kattegat as defined in [LOS, 2.9]. The Kattegat is a wide <MARINE_STRAIT> situated in the north-western part of the <<<BALTIC_SEA>>>, generally between the <<<SKAGERRAK>>> and <<<THE_SOUND>>>, <<<STOREBAELT>>> and <<<LILLEBAELT>>> and between the eastern <COAST> of Denmark and the south-western <COAST> of Sweden. 85 PR [LOS, 2.9]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME LABRADOR_SEA Labrador Sea as defined in [LOS, 1.14]. The Labrador Sea is situated in the north-western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, generally between the eastern <COAST>s of Labrador and the Island of Newfoundland (Canada) and the southern extremity of Greenland. 86 PR [LOS, 1.14]  
STD
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SEA_NAME LAKSHADWEEP_SEA Lakshadweep Sea as defined in [LOS, 5.9]. The Lakshadweep Sea is generally bounded by the Lakshadweep and Maldives Islands on the west, and by the south-western <COAST>s of India and Sri Lanka on the east. 87 PR [LOS, 5.9]  
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2005/06/07
SEA_NAME LAPTEV_SEA Laptev Sea as defined in [LOS, 9.2]. The Laptev Sea is situated generally off the northern <COAST> of Russia. 88 PR [LOS, 9.2]  
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SEA_NAME LAZAREV_SEA Lazarev Sea as defined in [LOS, 10.2]. The Lazarev Sea is situated generally adjacent to the Prinsesse Astrid Coast of Dronning Maud Land. 89 PR [LOS, 10.2]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME LIAODONG_WAN Liaodong Wan as defined in [LOS, 7.4.2]. The Liaodong Wan is situated in the <<<YELLOW_SEA>>>, generally north-east of and adjacent to the <<<BO_HAI>>> and bounded by the <COAST> of China. 90 PR [LOS, 7.4.2]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME LIGURE_SEA Ligure Sea as defined in [LOS, 3.1.1.4]. The Ligure Sea is situated generally between the north-western <COAST> of Italy and the northern extremity of Corse. 91 PR [LOS, 3.1.1.4]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME LILLEBAELT Lillebaelt (The Little Belt) as defined in [LOS, 2.8]. The Lillebaelt is situated generally in the south-western part of the <<<BALTIC_SEA>>>, between the eastern <COAST>s of Denmark and Germany and the Danish islands of Fyn, Langeland and Aero. 92 PR [LOS, 2.8]  
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2005/06/07
SEA_NAME LINCOLN_SEA Lincoln Sea as defined in [LOS, 9.13]. The Lincoln Sea is situated generally between the northern <COAST>s of Ellesmere Island and Greenland. 93 PR [LOS, 9.13]  
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SEA_NAME MAKASSAR_STRAIT Makassar Strait as defined in [LOS, 6.8]. The Makassar Sea is situated generally between the eastern <COAST> of Kalimantan and the western <COAST> of Sulawesi, and links the <<<JAWA_SEA>>> and the <<<SULAWESI_SEA>>>. 94 PR [LOS, 6.8]  
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2005/06/07
SEA_NAME MALACCA_STRAIT Malacca Strait as defined in [LOS, 6.5]. The Malacca Sea is situated generally between the <COAST>s of Thailand and West Malaysia on the north and the <COAST> of Sumatra on the south. 95 PR [LOS, 6.5]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME MALUKU_SEA Maluku Sea as defined in [LOS, 6.19]. The Maluku Sea is generally bounded on the north by Sangihe and Talaud, on the east by Halmahera, on the south by Obi Mayor, Mangoli and Taliabu, and on the west by the north-eastern <COAST> of Sulawesi. 96 PR [LOS, 6.19]  
STD
2005/06/07
SEA_NAME MAWSON_SEA Mawson Sea as defined in [LOS, 10.7]. The Mawson Sea is situated generally adjacent to the Knox Coast, off the Shackleton Ice Shelf and eastward of Cape Poinsett. 97 PR [LOS, 10.7]  
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SEA_NAME MCMURDO_SOUND McMurdo Sound as defined in [LOS, 10.10.1]. The McMurdo Sea is situated generally between Ross Island and the Antarctic mainland <COAST>. 98 PR [LOS, 10.10.1]  
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SEA_NAME MEDITERRANEAN_SEA Mediterranean Sea as defined in [LOS, 3.1]. The Mediterranean Sea is generally bounded by the <COAST>s of southern Europe, western Asia and north Africa, opening only, on the west, to the North Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar and, on the north-east, to the <<<SEA_OF_MARMARA>>> through the Dardanelles. 99 PR [LOS, 3.1]  
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2005/06/07
SEA_NAME MOZAMBIQUE_CHANNEL Mozambique Channel as defined in [LOS, 5.1]. The Mozambique Channel is the wide passage situated on the eastern <COAST> of Africa generally between the <COAST>s of Mozambique and Madagascar. 100 PR [LOS, 5.1]  

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