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Geography

Oceans & Seas

A	Abū Qīr Aden, Gulf of Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Albemarle Sound Algoa Bay Andaman Sea Aqaba, Gulf of Arabian Sea Arafura Sea Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Azov, Sea of

C	Cabot Strait California, Gulf of Campeche, Bay of Cardigan Bay Caribbean Sea Carpentaria, Gulf of Casco Bay Celebes Sea Chaleur Bay Chesapeake Bay China Sea Cook Inlet Cook Strait Coral Reef Coral Sea Corinth, Gulf of

D	Dardanelles Davis Strait Delagoa Bay Delaware Bay Dogger Bank Donegal Bay Dover, Strait of

E	East China Sea East Pacific Rise English Channel

F	Finland, Gulf of Fjord Florida, Straits of Fonseca, Gulf of Foveaux Strait Frisches Haff Frobisher Bay Fundy, Bay of

G	Gdańsk, Gulf of Georgia, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Golden Gate Goodwin Sands Grand Banks Great Australian Bight Great Barrier Reef Guantánamo Bay Guinea, Gulf of Gulf Stream

H	Harbor Hardangerfjorden Hormuz, Strait of Hudson Bay

I	Indian Ocean Inland Sea Inside Passage Ionian Sea Irish Sea

J	James Bay Japan, Sea of Java Sea Jervis Bay Juan de Fuca, Strait of

K	Kachchh, Gulf of Kara Sea Kattegat Khambhāt, Gulf of Korea Strait Kotor, Gulf of Kotzebue Sound Kuroshio Current Kurshskiy Zaliv

L	Labrador Current Laptev Sea Ligurian Sea Lillebælt Channel Lion, Gulf of Long Island Sound

M	Magellan, Strait of Makassar Strait Malacca, Strait of Manila Bay Mannār, Gulf of Mariana Trench Marmara, Sea of Massachusetts Bay Mediterranean Sea Messina, Strait of Mexico, Gulf of Mid-Atlantic Ridge Minch, The Moray Firth Mozambique Channel

N	Naples, Bay of Narragansett Bay National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration New York Bay North Channel North Sea

O	Ocean and Oceanography Okhotsk, Sea of Oman, Gulf of Øresund Otranto, Strait of

P	Pacific Ocean Palk Strait Pamlico Sound Passamaquoddy Bay Pátrai, Gulf of Pearl Harbor Persian Gulf Philippine Sea Prince William Sound Prudhoe Bay Puget Sound

R	Rann of Kutch Red Sea Rīga, Gulf of Ross Sea

S	Salerno, Gulf of San Francisco Bay Sargasso Sea Scapa Flow Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sea Seven Seas Sidra, Gulf of Skagerrak Solent Solway Firth South China Sea Southern Ocean Spencer Gulf St. George’s Channel St. Lawrence, Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Sulu Sea

T	Table Bay Taiwan Strait Tasman Sea Thailand, Gulf of Thermaïkós, Gulf of Timor Sea Tiran, Strait of Tonkin, Gulf of Torres Strait Tyrrhenian Sea

V	Venezuela, Gulf of Viscount Melville Sound

W	Wash, The Weddell Sea White Sea Windward Passage Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Y	Yampi Sound Yellow Sea

Z	Zanzibar Channel

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