Marginal sea
Marginal seas are dependent seas which lie at the edge of the continents and oceans, and only by island chains in the sea lying sleepers and deep-sea trenches and back - ie only incomplete - are separated from the open ocean.
From the marginal seas are inland seas, with the ocean only by a very narrow strait ( strait line of sight to the opposite bank ) are connected, and the large central sea, for example, by mainland areas and mainland peninsulas and / or island chains significantly from the ocean are separated, to be distinguished.
Occasionally, the term marginal sea is used as a synonym for the preamble marginal sea and vice versa.
Examples of marginal seas
These are the marginal seas of the oceans ( in alphabetical order ):
Arctic Ocean
- Barents Sea
- Beaufort Sea
- Norwegian Sea
- Greenland Sea
- Hudson Bay
- Kara Sea
- Laptev Sea
- Lincolnsee
- East Siberian Sea
- Chukchi Sea
- Wall Staffelsee
- White Sea
Atlantic Ocean
- American Mediterranean, consisting of Gulf of Mexico and
- Caribbean Sea
Indian Ocean
- Andaman Sea
- Arabian Sea
- Bay of Bengal
- Lakkadivensee
- Timor Sea
Pacific Ocean
- Bering Sea
- Celebes
- Yellow Sea
- Gulf of California
- Sea of Japan
- Coral Sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- East China Sea
- South China Sea
- Tasman
Southern Ocean
The marginal seas are ( clockwise order ):
- Somov Sea ( Pacific sector)
- Ross Sea ( Pacific sector)
- Amundsen Sea ( Pacific sector)
- Bellingshausen Sea ( Pacific sector)
- Scotia Sea (Southern Part ) (Atlantic sector)
- Weddell Sea (Atlantic sector)
- King Haakon VII - Lake (Atlantic sector)
- Lazarev Sea (Atlantic sector)
- Riiser -Larsen Lake ( Indian sector)
- Kosmonautensee ( Indian sector)
- Kooperationssee ( Indian sector)
- Davissee ( Indian sector)
- Mawsonsee ( Indian sector)
- D' Urville Sea ( Indian sector)
- Sea