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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.
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. [8] In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. [9] The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.
In geology, a continent is defined by continental crust, which is a platform of metamorphic and igneous rock, largely of granitic composition. Continental crust is less dense and much thicker than oceanic crust, which causes it to "float" higher than oceanic crust on the dense underlying mantle. This explains why the continents form high ...
Manus Plate – Tiny tectonic plate northeast of New Guinea. North Bismarck Plate – Small tectonic plate in the Bismarck Sea north of New Guinea. North Galápagos Microplate – Tectonic plate off west South America. Solomon Sea Plate – Minor tectonic plate near the Solomon Islands archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
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.
This is a list of U.S. states and territories ranked by their coastline length. 30 states have a coastline: 23 with a coastline on the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Maine ), and/or Pacific Ocean, and 8 with a Great Lakes shoreline. New York has coasts on both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
Coastal India. Coastline of Brazil. Coastline of China. Coastline of Malta. Coastline of New Zealand. Coastline of the United Kingdom. Coastline of Western Australia. List of countries bordering on two or more oceans. List of U.S. states by coastline.
Majority of granitic Seychelles, which were remnants of India splitting from Africa to form Madagascar. Majority of the Great Chagos Bank. Nazareth Bank. Owen Bank, Chagos Arch., submerged atoll. Owen Bank (Seychelles) (not to be confused with Chagos atoll) Saya de Malha, Formerly largest Mascarene Island.