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This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1] Countries which border on multiple oceans because of discontiguous regions are excluded here ...
The borders of the oceans are the limits of Earth's oceanic waters.The definition and number of oceans can vary depending on the adopted criteria. The principal divisions (in descending order of area) of the five oceans are the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern (Antarctic) Ocean, and Arctic Ocean.
Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
The second number is the total number of distinct countries or territories that the country or territory borders. In this instance, if the country or territory shares two or more maritime boundaries with the same country or territory and the boundaries are unconnected, the boundaries are only counted once. The final number is the total number ...
Borders (alphabetical order) Continents Countries Oceans / Seas; Americas: Northern / Western / Southern: Arctic Ocean / Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean / Baffin Bay / Beaufort Sea / Bering Sea / Caribbean Sea / Chukchi Sea / Greenland Sea / Gulf of Mexico / Hudson Bay / Labrador Sea: Antarctica: Eastern / Southern / Western: Southern Ocean ...
Ocean – the four to seven largest named bodies of water in the World Ocean, all of which have "Ocean" in the name (see: Borders of the oceans for details). Sea has several definitions: [a] A division of an ocean, delineated by landforms, [6] currents (e.g., Sargasso Sea), or specific latitude or longitude boundaries. This includes but is not ...
Borders and names for oceans and seas were internationally agreed when the International Hydrographic Bureau, the precursor to the IHO, convened the First International Conference on 24 July 1919. The IHO then published these in its Limits of Oceans and Seas, the first edition being 1928. Since the first edition, the limits of the Southern ...
Border with Liberia on River Mani at Bignamou, Yomou Prefecture: 07°12′N Chad: Border with Central African Republic near Deng, Logone Oriental region: 07°27′N Vietnam: Amboyna Cay (disputed) Hon Sao Island Cape Cà Mau (mainland) 07°51′N 08°25′N 08°35′N Sudan: Including Kafia Kingi [note 3] border with South Sudan south of Kurmuk ...