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1466:Gulf of Suez
1461:Gulf of Oman
1441:Gulf of Aden
1408:Indian Ocean
1388:Thracian Sea
1373:Sea of Crete
1363:Sea of Åland
1358:Sargasso Sea
1333:Ligurian Sea
1318:Labrador Sea
1308:Irminger Sea
1263:Gulf of Lion
1218:Bothnian Sea
1208:Bay of Fundy
1183:Balearic Sea
1148:Adriatic Sea
1070:Beaufort Sea
1052:Arctic Ocean
977:Amundsen Sea
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1732:Caspian Sea
1704:Visayan Sea
1684:Solomon Sea
1679:Sibuyan Sea
1674:Shantar Sea
1629:Molucca Sea
1624:Mar de Grau
1554:Chilean Sea
1549:Celebes Sea
1544:Camotes Sea
1509:Arafura Sea
1421:Arabian Sea
1416:Andaman Sea
1368:Sea of Azov
1343:Myrtoan Sea
1158:Alboran Sea
1110:Pechora Sea
1105:Lincoln Sea
1075:Chukchi Sea
1065:Barents Sea
1042:Weddell Sea
1012:Lazarev Sea
733:Cebu Strait
723:Burias Pass
687:Visayan Sea
665:Sibuyan Sea
650:Celebes Sea
645:Camotes Sea
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1874:Categories
1768:Superocean
1742:Salton Sea
1709:Yellow Sea
1699:Tasman Sea
1644:Salish Sea
1524:Bering Sea
1431:Flores Sea
1398:Wadden Sea
1328:Libyan Sea
1298:Ionian Sea
1293:Hudson Bay
1238:Foxe Basin
1228:Celtic Sea
1188:Baltic Sea
1178:Baffin Bay
1153:Aegean Sea
1125:Wandel Sea
1100:Laptev Sea
1032:Scotia Sea
1017:Mawson Sea
869:Ragay Gulf
864:Panay Gulf
849:Leyte Gulf
839:Davao Gulf
829:Albay Gulf
808:Ticao Pass
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365:Panay Gulf
248:11°30′00″N
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1664:Seram Sea
1634:Moro Gulf
1559:Coral Sea
1539:Bohol Sea
1534:Bohai Sea
1519:Banda Sea
1491:Timor Sea
1348:North Sea
1313:James Bay
1303:Irish Sea
1213:Black Sea
1130:White Sea
1037:Somov Sea
997:Davis Sea
859:Moro Gulf
834:Asid Gulf
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288:Etymology
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1737:Dead Sea
1727:Aral Sea
1694:Sulu Sea
1649:Savu Sea
1619:Koro Sea
1614:Java Sea
1514:Bali Sea
1095:Kara Sea
1027:Ross Sea
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