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This is a list of seas of the World Ocean, including marginal seas, areas of water, various gulfs, bights, bays, and straits. [2] In many cases it is a matter of tradition for a body of water to be named a sea or a bay, etc., therefore all these types are listed here.
Strait of Belle Isle – between Newfoundland and mainland Canada. Bering Strait – between Asia and North America. Boca Chica Pass – an historical strait between the Gulf of Mexico and the South Bay of the Laguna Madre. Bohai Strait – between Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. Bohol Strait – a.k.a. Cebu Strait.
t. e. A strait is a water body connecting two seas or two water basins. While the landform generally constricts the flow, the surface water still flows, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in both directions. In some straits there may be a dominant directional current through the strait.
An international strait is a narrow natural waterway connecting two parts of the high seas or exclusive economic zones, used for international navigation.Per the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a transit passage regime prevails in such straits for both ships and aircraft with few exceptions, even when the territorial waters of bordering country or countries overlap.
150 feet (46 m) Max. depth. 68 m (223 ft) The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait (French: Pas de Calais French pronunciation: [pɑ d (ə) kalɛ] - Strait of Calais) [1] is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and the North Sea, and separating Great Britain from continental Europe.
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 800 kilometres (500 mi) long and from 65 to 250 km (40–155 mi) wide, between the Malay Peninsula to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean). [2] As the main shipping channel between ...
The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) [2] is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long [3] that is the Salish Sea 's main outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre of the Strait. It was named in 1787 by the maritime fur ...
The major oceanic divisions are defined in part by the continents, various archipelagos, and other criteria. The principal divisions (in descending order of area) are the: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern (Antarctic) Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. Smaller regions of the oceans are called seas, gulfs, bays, straits, and other terms.