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556:Alboran Sea
508:Pechora Sea
503:Lincoln Sea
473:Chukchi Sea
463:Barents Sea
440:Weddell Sea
410:Lazarev Sea
99:August 2024
1684:Categories
1561:Wadden Sea
1491:Libyan Sea
1466:Ionian Sea
1451:Celtic Sea
1431:Baltic Sea
1401:Aegean Sea
1298:Hudson Bay
1273:Baffin Bay
1257:Foxe Basin
1166:Superocean
1140:Salton Sea
1107:Yellow Sea
1097:Tasman Sea
1042:Salish Sea
922:Bering Sea
829:Flores Sea
796:Wadden Sea
726:Libyan Sea
696:Ionian Sea
691:Hudson Bay
636:Foxe Basin
626:Celtic Sea
586:Baltic Sea
576:Baffin Bay
551:Aegean Sea
523:Wandel Sea
498:Laptev Sea
430:Scotia Sea
415:Mawson Sea
310:2024-08-30
285:References
181:, between
141:states of
139:Venezuelan
69:newspapers
1637:Venezuela
1511:North Sea
1471:Irish Sea
1436:Black Sea
1303:James Bay
1062:Seram Sea
1032:Moro Gulf
957:Coral Sea
937:Bohol Sea
932:Bohai Sea
917:Banda Sea
889:Timor Sea
746:North Sea
711:James Bay
701:Irish Sea
611:Black Sea
528:White Sea
435:Somov Sea
395:Davis Sea
1317:Channels
1199:Category
1135:Dead Sea
1125:Aral Sea
1092:Sulu Sea
1047:Savu Sea
1017:Koro Sea
1012:Java Sea
912:Bali Sea
493:Kara Sea
425:Ross Sea
273:See also
195:Colombia
173:Location
155:Colombia
1594:11°30′N
884:Red Sea
209:History
185:of the
149:and by
83:scholar
1597:71°0′W
1250:Basins
1149:Others
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147:FalcĂłn
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1639:is a
1333:Gulfs
1156:Ocean
351:Earth
203:canal
143:Zulia
90:JSTOR
76:books
1641:stub
1389:Seas
1266:Bays
359:seas
357:and
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129:The
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1161:Sea
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