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EA: SEA_NAME
EE: GULF_OF_MEXICO

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 65
EA label: SEA_NAME

Concept definition: 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.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [LOS, 1.11]
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