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Philippine Sea
Location: Eastern Philippines, Size: About 2 million square miles, Depth: Deepest point is the Philippine Trench, at about 34,580 feet
Arctic Ocean
Location: Centered approximately on the North Pole, Size: Approximately 5.4 million square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 3,953 feet
Baltic Sea
Location: Northern Europe, bordered by Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia and more, Size: Around 146,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 1,506 feet
Caspian Sea
Location: Landlocked between Europe and Asia, Size: About 143,200 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 3,363 feet
Gulf of Mexico
Location: Surrounded by the USA, Mexico, and the Cuban island, Size: Roughly 615,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth is the Sigsbee Deep, at about 14,383 feet
Ionian Sea
Location: Part of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Italy, Size: About 61,500 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 16,896 feet
Sea of Japan
Location: Bordered by Japan, Russia, and Korea, Size: About 377,600 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 12,276 feet
Southern Ocean
Location: Surrounding Antarctica, Size: Approximately 7.8 million square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 14,000 to 16,000 feet
Sea of Azov
Location: Northeast of the Black Sea, bounded by Ukraine to the west and Russia to the east, Size: About 14,500 square miles, Depth: World's shallowest sea, with a maximum depth of about 46 feet
Pacific Ocean
Location: Bordered by the Americas to the east and Asia and Australia to the west, Size: Approximately 63 million square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 12,080 feet
Sea of Okhotsk
Location: Bordered by Russia and the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island to the east, Size: Approximately 613,000 square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 2,818 feet
Ligurian Sea
Location: North of the Mediterranean Sea, bound by the coasts of Italy and France, Size: Roughly 13,000 square miles, Depth: Deepest point is about 9,300 feet
Andaman Sea
Location: Northeast of the Indian Ocean, bounded by Myanmar, Thailand, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Size: About 308,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of more than 13,000 feet
Weddell Sea
Location: Part of the Southern Ocean, along the coast of Antarctica, Size: About 1 million square miles, Depth: Shelf depth around 1,600 feet, but the central part is much deeper
Adriatic Sea
Location: North of the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy to the west and the Balkans to the east, Size: Roughly 60,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 4,035 feet
Tasman Sea
Location: Between Australia and New Zealand, Size: Approximately 900,000 square miles, Depth: Deepest recorded depth is 15,740 feet
South China Sea
Location: Western Pacific Ocean, borders the Asian mainland on the north and west, Size: Approximately 1.4 million square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 16,456 feet
Yellow Sea
Location: Between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, Size: Covers approximately 150,000 square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 144 feet
North Sea
Location: Bounded by the UK, the Scandinavian Peninsula, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, Size: Approximately 220,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 2,297 feet
East China Sea
Location: East of China, Size: About 482,000 square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 617 feet, with a maximum depth of about 8,970 feet
Red Sea
Location: Between Africa (Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti) and the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen), Size: About 169,100 square miles, Depth: Deepest point is the Suakin Trough, approximately 7,254 feet
Bering Sea
Location: Separates Alaska from Russia, Size: About 770,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 15,659 feet
Black Sea
Location: Between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, Size: Approximately 168,500 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 7,257 feet
Caribbean Sea
Location: Bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south, Size: About 1,063,000 square miles, Depth: Deepest point is the Cayman Trench between Cuba and Jamaica at over 25,000 feet
Aegean Sea
Location: Between Greece and Turkey, Size: About 83,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of about 11,624 feet
Atlantic Ocean
Location: Bordered by the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east, Size: Approximately 41 million square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 12,880 feet
Indian Ocean
Location: Bordered by southern Asia to the north, Australia to the east, and Africa to the west, Size: Approximately 27.2 million square miles, Depth: Average depth of about 13,002 feet
Coral Sea
Location: Off the northeast coast of Australia, Size: Covers an area of around 1,850,000 square miles, Depth: Reaches up to 29,000 feet
Mediterranean Sea
Location: Between southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia, Size: Approximately 970,000 square miles, Depth: Deepest point about 17,280 feet
Persian Gulf
Location: Between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest, Size: About 93,000 square miles, Depth: Maximum depth of approximately 300 feet
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