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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 GULF_OF_CARPENTARIA Gulf of Carpentaria as defined in [LOS, 5.15.1]. The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large indentation of the <<<ARAFURA_SEA>>> into the northern <COAST> of Australia. 61 PR [LOS, 5.15.1]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_FINLAND Gulf of Finland as defined in [LOS, 2.3]. The Gulf of Finland is situated generally in the eastern part of the <<<BALTIC_SEA>>> and is bounded by the southern <COAST> of Finland and the northern <COAST> of Estonia. 62 PR [LOS, 2.3]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_GUINEA Gulf of Guinea as defined in [LOS, 1.9]. The Gulf of Guinea is situated generally off the <COAST>s of Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, on the western coast of Africa. 63 PR [LOS, 1.9]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_MANNAR Gulf of Mannar as defined in [LOS, 5.10]. The Gulf of Mannar is situated eastward and adjacent to the <<<LAKSHADWEEP_SEA>>> and is generally bounded by the <COAST> of India on the north-west and by the <COAST> of Sri Lanka on the east. 64 PR [LOS, 5.10]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_MEXICO Gulf of Mexico as defined in [LOS, 1.11]. The Gulf of Mexico is an almost enclosed <SEA> situated in the western extremity of the North Atlantic Ocean and is generally bounded by the eastern <COAST> of Mexico, the Gulf <COAST> of the United States of America and the north-western <COAST> of Cuba, connected through the Straits of Florida with the North Atlantic Ocean in the east, and through the Yucatan Channel with the <<<CARIBBEAN_SEA>>> in the south-east. 65 PR [LOS, 1.11]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_OMAN Gulf of Oman as defined in [LOS, 5.7]. The Gulf of Oman is a wide <MARINE_STRAIT> linking the <<<PERSIAN_GULF>>> and the <<<ARABIAN_SEA>>>. 66 PR [LOS, 5.7]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_PANAMA Gulf of Panama as defined in [LOS, 7.13]. The Gulf of Panama is situated in the south-eastern part of the North Pacific Ocean, generally bounded on the west, the north and the east by the Pacific <COAST> of Panama. 67 PR [LOS, 7.13]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_PAPUA Gulf of Papua as defined in [LOS, 8.3.3]. The Gulf of Papua is generally the northern part of the <<<CORAL_SEA>>>. 68 PR [LOS, 8.3.3]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_RIGA Gulf of Riga as defined in [LOS, 2.5]. The Gulf of Riga is situated in the eastern part of the <<<BALTIC_SEA>>>, partially surrounded by Latvia. 69 PR [LOS, 2.5]  
STD
2005/06/07		 SEA_NAME GULF_OF_ST_LAWRENCE Gulf of St. Lawrence as defined in [LOS, 1.13]. The Gulf of St. Lawrence is situated in Canada, generally between the <COAST>s of Quebec, Labrador, Island of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 70 PR [LOS, 1.13]  
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