IHO World Seas International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM) A hierarchy of the world oceans, seas and sea regions, based on the publication "Limits of Oceans & Seas, Special Publication No. 23" (1953) by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), extracted from the Shape Files (version 2 [2017]) available on http://www.marineregions.org and provided by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). VLIZ (2017). IHO Sea Areas, version 2. Available online at http://www.marineregions.org/. Consulted on 2017-03-29. 2019-11-27 en 2.0.1 Another sea region that is connected to the current one connected to Minimum Latitude The WGS84 latitude in decimal degree of the southernmost point of a set of coordinates, also the southern side of the bounding box. Maximum Latitude The WGS84 latitude in decimal degree of the northernmost point of a set of coordinates, also the northern side of the bounding box. Minimum Longitude The WGS84 longitude in decimal degree of the westernmost point of a set of coordinates, also the western side of the bounding box. Maximum Longitude The WGS84 longitude in decimal degree of the easternmost point of a set of coordinates, also the eastern side of the bounding box. Feature Class Parent Feature World Oceans -85 85 -179.9999 179.9999 Atlantic Ocean -60 68.6235 -83.0080 20 Pacific Ocean -60 58.2165 128.6930 -67.25 Mediterranean Sea 30.2638 45.7833 -6.0326 36.2172 South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas -17.7191 13.4441 104.5261 142.1589 Mediterranean Sea Area 30.2638 47.2805 -6.0326 41.7760 Rio de La Plata Río de La Plata -36.4094 -32.4483 -58.5497 -54.9543 Bass Strait -41.1866 -37.5222 143.543 149.9716 Great Australian Bight -43.4980 -31.4740 117.6097 146.2345 Tasman Sea -50.9052 -30 146.8336 175.238 Mozambique Channel -26.8471 -10.4819 32.5871 49.2583 Savu Sea Sawu Sea -10.9225 -8.2139 118.5022 125.0051 Timor Sea -15.7960 -8.1828 122.8523 132.9313 Bali Sea -8.9986 -7.0130 114.3401 117.1657 Coral Sea -30 -7.4676 141.2266 169.9414 Flores Sea -8.7439 -5.5076 117.1333 122.9389 Solomon Sea -11.8416 -4.7933 146.9417 162.3058 Arafura Sea -18.0067 -2.9026 130.7588 142.1992 Gulf of Boni Teluk Bone Gulf of Bone -5.6156 -2.5804 120.1888 121.8666 Java Sea Jawa Sea -7.8109 -1.5493 104.5270 119.4894 Ceram Sea Seram Sea -5.2739 -1.1861 125.9172 134.0315 Bismarck Sea -5.9772 -0.7614 142.0036 152.901 Banda Sea -8.8645 -0.8359 120.4667 133.1514 Gulf of California Sea of Cortez 22.8666 31.96 -115.0311 -106.785 Bay of Fundy Fundy Bay 44.0866 46.0866 -67.5034 -63.3696 Strait of Gibraltar 35.7906 36.1844 -6.0326 -5.3076 Alboran Sea 35.0719 36.8405 -5.3458 -1.1969 Caribbean Sea 7.905 22.7008 -88.9268 -59.2756 Gulf of Alaska 54.3128 61.5083 -163.375 -136.6589 Bering Sea 51.1422 66.5 162 -157 Chukchi Sea 65.9749 71.5974 176.1 -156.7 Beaufort Sea 68.6572 76.1758 -156.5967 -122.4735 Labrador Sea 47.4179 60 -64.2597 -43.9022 Hudson Strait 57.7677 64.9037 -80.1904 -64.7031 Davis Strait 59.7474 70 -70.0288 -43.9143 Baffin Bay 69.4032 82.4824 -82.1587 -50.1916 Lincoln Sea 81.5016 83.6013 -69.7660 -34.7261 Bristol Channel 50.9894 51.7751 -4.9413 -2.38 Irish Sea and St. George's Channel 51.9163 54.9908 -6.4981 -2.7049 Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Inner Scottish Sea 54.3855 58.6241 -8.2190 -4.4854 Gulf of Aden 10.4107 15.2005 42.5086 51.2727 Gulf of Oman 22.5368 26.1977 56.2643 61.7828 Red Sea 12.4767 28.1382 33.6680 43.4845 Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Eilat Gulf of Akaba 27.8883 29.5514 34.3463 35.0036 Persian Gulf Gulf of Iran Arabian Gulf 23.9559 30.5191 47.7072 57.3008 Ionian Sea 36.3861 40.5204 15.0813 23.2246 Tyrrhenian Sea Tirreno Sea Mar Tirreno 37.8032 44.0852 8.6463 16.2211 Adriatic Sea 39.6912 45.7833 12.1542 20.0100 Gulf of Suez 27.4242 30.0027 32.3408 34.2544 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 30.2638 45.7833 10.0070 36.2172 Aegean Sea 35.1115 41.0103 22.5238 28.3247 Sea of Marmara Marmara Sea 39.9911 41.2462 26.1644 29.9375 Singapore Strait 0.9897 1.6443 103.37 104.5347 Celebes Sea 0.8011 7.8515 116.7183 125.6138 Malacca Strait 0.1525 8.3822 95.4321 103.5121 Sulu Sea 5.0200 13.4451 116.7396 123.4204 Gulf of Thailand Gulf of Siam 6.1936 13.5191 99.1443 105.1127 Eastern China Sea Tung Hai 24.3161 33.4538 119.0975 131.1291 Seto Naikai or Inland Sea Seto Naikai Inland Sea of Japan Inland Sea Seto Inland Sea 33.2331 34.7786 130.8947 135.4579 Philippine Sea 2.4094 35.3025 120.1103 146.4545 Yellow Sea Huang Hai Hwang Hai 33.2894 40.9313 117.5364 127.0002 Gulf of Riga Riga Gulf 56.9658 59.2022 21.7290 24.5576 Baltic Sea 53.6605 65.9022 9.8455 30.2466 Gulf of Finland Finland Gulf 59.2022 60.7358 22.9002 30.2466 Gulf of Bothnia Bothnia Gulf 59.6702 65.9022 17.0986 25.4442 White Sea Beloye More 63.8033 68.6681 31.8588 44.4963 East Siberian Sea 68.5180 77.1320 138.8322 179.9816 South Atlantic Ocean -60 0 -69.6095 20 Southern Ocean Great Southern Ocean Antarctic Ocean South Polar Ocean -85.4702 -60 -180 180 South Pacific Ocean -60 2.5777 129.9166 -67.25 Gulf of Guinea -0.8138 6.6130 -7.6038 9.9651 Gulf of Tomini Teluk Tomini -1.4405 0.5552 120.0050 123.4102 Makassar Strait Makasar Strait -5.5956 1.3249 115.9545 120.8283 Halmahera Sea -1.6809 2.4870 127.5491 130.9316 Molukka Sea Molukka Sea Maluku Sea Molucca Sea -1.8388 4.4859 123.2931 128.5664 Indian Ocean -60 10.4532 20 146.8897 Bay of Bengal Bengal Bay 5.5701 23.5979 78.9090 95.2335 South China Sea Nan Hai China Sea 南海 Biển Đông -3.2188 25.6064 102.2216 122.1671 Arabian Sea -0.8999 25.6136 51.0172 74.1013 North Pacific Ocean 1.0E-5 58.2165 128.6930 -77.4 The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia 47.0641 59.4641 -137.1186 -122.2911 Gulf of Mexico Mexico Gulf 18.1462 30.7011 -97.8882 -80.3875 North Atlantic Ocean 0 68.6236 -83.0080 6.6307 Gulf of St. Lawrence Gulf of Saint Lawrence 45.3121 52.0852 -71.2991 -54.8413 Balearic (Iberian Sea) Balear Sea Iberian Sea Balearic Sea 38.6433 41.9469 -0.3376 4.2763 Bay of Biscay Biscay Bay Gulf of Gascogne Gulf of Biscay 43.2911 47.8897 -7.8582 -0.5399 Celtic Sea Mer d'Iroise 46.4798 52.2782 -11.5 -4.1921 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin 35.0719 44.4280 -6.0326 16.2211 Hudson Bay 50.7349 66.5816 -94.8209 -76.5044 The Northwestern Passages Northwestern Passages 63.7916 81.6985 -128.0018 -72.2583 Arctic Ocean 71.3514 90 -180 180 English Channel 48.5016 51.1365 -5.6875 1.7256 Barentsz Sea Barents Sea 66.7410 81.8272 16.5476 68.4174 Greenland Sea 65.1122 83.2904 -35.6179 17.2952 North Sea 50.9370 61 -4.4315 9.8290 Andaman or Burma Sea Burma Sea Andaman Sea 5.5694 17.45 92.3569 98.8837 Black Sea 40.9102 47.2523 27.4495 41.7760 Sea of Azov Azov Sea 45.0772 47.2805 33.6710 39.2999 Japan Sea Japan Sea Sea of Japan Japanese Sea 32.5611 52.3134 126.2703 142.2678 Sea of Okhotsk 43.2511 62.7118 135.1564 165.63 Kara Sea 66.2194 81.2894 55.1329 104.7586 Laptev Sea 70.7310 81.2799 95.7877 141.0241 Kattegat 54.6513 58.0348 9.3828 13.0611 Laccadive Sea Lakshadweep Sea -0.8999 14.8670 72.0314 80.5895 Skagerrak 57.1011 59.9030 7.0079 11.8804 Norwegian Sea 61 76.5705 -13.5175 25.7847 Ligurian Sea Ligure Sea 43.0104 44.4280 7.5319 9.8513