Seas & Oceans: the full list
26 seas & gulfs. Study the list, then test yourself at three difficulty levels.
▶ Take the quiz| # | Sea | Area | Opens into | Bordering countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coral Sea | 4,791,000 km² | Pacific Ocean | Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands |
| 2 | Arabian Sea | 3,862,000 km² | Indian Ocean | India, Pakistan, Oman, Yemen, Somalia |
| 3 | South China Sea | 3,500,000 km² | Pacific Ocean | China, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei |
| 4 | Caribbean Sea | 2,754,000 km² | Atlantic Ocean | Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Honduras, Panama |
| 5 | Mediterranean Sea | 2,500,000 km² | Atlantic Ocean | Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia |
| 6 | Tasman Sea | 2,300,000 km² | Pacific Ocean | Australia, New Zealand |
| 7 | Bay of Bengal | 2,172,000 km² | Indian Ocean | India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka |
| 8 | Bering Sea | 2,000,000 km² | Pacific Ocean | United States, Russia |
| 9 | Gulf of Mexico | 1,550,000 km² | Atlantic Ocean | United States, Mexico, Cuba |
| 10 | Barents Sea | 1,400,000 km² | Arctic Ocean | Norway, Russia |
| 11 | Norwegian Sea | 1,380,000 km² | Atlantic Ocean | Norway, Iceland |
| 12 | Sea of Japan | 978,000 km² | Pacific Ocean | Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Russia |
| 13 | Andaman Sea | 797,000 km² | Indian Ocean | Myanmar, Thailand, India, Indonesia |
| 14 | Arafura Sea | 650,000 km² | Pacific Ocean | Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
| 15 | North Sea | 570,000 km² | Atlantic Ocean | United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium |
| 16 | Red Sea | 438,000 km² | Indian Ocean | Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Djibouti |
| 17 | Black Sea | 436,000 km² | Mediterranean Sea | Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia |
| 18 | Yellow Sea | 380,000 km² | Pacific Ocean | China, North Korea, South Korea |
| 19 | Baltic Sea | 377,000 km² | Atlantic Ocean | Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania |
| 20 | Caspian Sea | 371,000 km² | Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan | |
| 21 | Celtic Sea | 300,000 km² | Atlantic Ocean | Ireland, United Kingdom, France |
| 22 | Tyrrhenian Sea | 275,000 km² | Mediterranean Sea | Italy |
| 23 | Persian Gulf | 251,000 km² | Indian Ocean | Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain |
| 24 | Aegean Sea | 214,000 km² | Mediterranean Sea | Greece, Turkey |
| 25 | Ionian Sea | 169,000 km² | Mediterranean Sea | Italy, Greece, Albania |
| 26 | Adriatic Sea | 138,000 km² | Mediterranean Sea | Italy, Croatia, Albania, Slovenia, Montenegro |