Vocabulary
SeaDataNet sea areas
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/C16/current/ |
|---|---|
| Description | Sea area terms from the IHB(1953) list plus additional terms added under SeaDataNet governance. |
| Creator | SeaDataNet |
| Modified | 2012-11-07 |
| Version Info | 9 |
| Identifier | C16 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | SeaDataNet |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bg | Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28Bh | Aegean Sea (The Archipelago) (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28Ab | Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 44 | Andaman or Burma Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 39 | Arabian Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48h | Arafura Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| ARA | Aral Sea | Large inland water body comprising three lakes (North Aral Sea, eastern and western basins of the South Aral Sea) having coastlines in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. | 2008-12-08 |
| 17 | Arctic Ocean | 1954-01-01 | |
| 17a | Arctic Ocean - Lincoln Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 200 | Atlantic Ocean | Aggregation of North and South Atlantic Ocean areas | 2009-01-08 |
| 28Ac | Balearic (Iberian) Sea (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48l | Bali Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 01 | Baltic Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48g | Banda Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 07 | Barents Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 62a | Bass Strait (Great Australian Bight) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 43 | Bay of Bengal | 1954-01-01 | |
| 22 | Bay of Biscay | 1954-01-01 | |
| 25 | Bay of Fundy | 1954-01-01 | |
| 13 | Beaufort Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 55 | Bering Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 66 | Bismarck Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 30 | Black Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 20 | Bristol Channel | 1954-01-01 | |
| 27 | Caribbean Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| CAS | Caspian Sea | Large brackish inland water body having coastlines in Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. | 2008-12-08 |
| 48b | Celebes Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 21a | Celtic Sea | Formally accepted and defined by IHO as an S23(1953) extension. | 2009-08-07 |
| 48f | Ceram Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 12 | Chukchi Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 59 | Coastal Waters of SE Alaska and British Columbia | 1954-01-01 | |
| 64 | Coral Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 15 | Davis Strait | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48 | East Indian Archipelago (Indonesia) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 11 | East Siberian Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 50 | Eastern China Sea (Tung Hai) | 1954-01-01 | |
| ESC | Eastern Scheldt | The more northerly branch of the Scheldt Estuary. Northern boundary is a man-made dam | 2010-05-24 |
| 21 | English Channel | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48j | Flores Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| FRM | Fram Strait | Body of water between Greenland and Svalbard | 2012-11-06 |
| 62 | Great Australian Bight | 1954-01-01 | |
| 05 | Greenland Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 38 | Gulf of Aden | 1954-01-01 | |
| 58 | Gulf of Alaska | 1954-01-01 | |
| 36 | Gulf of Aqaba | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48k | Gulf of Boni (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 01a | Gulf of Bothnia (Baltic Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 60 | Gulf of California | 1954-01-01 | |
| 01b | Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 34 | Gulf of Guinea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 41 | Gulf of Iran (Persian Gulf) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 26 | Gulf of Mexico | 1954-01-01 | |
| 40 | Gulf of Oman | 1954-01-01 | |
| 01c | Gulf of Riga (Baltic Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 24 | Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1954-01-01 | |
| 35 | Gulf of Suez | 1954-01-01 | |
| 47 | Gulf of Thailand (Siam) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48d | Gulf of Tomini (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48e | Halmahera Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 16 | Hudson Bay | 1954-01-01 | |
| 16a | Hudson Strait | 1954-01-01 | |
| IJM | IJsselmeer | Dutch freshwater lake with artificial dam boundaries between it and the Wadden Sea to the North and Markermeer to the South. | 2010-10-04 |
| ICS | Iceland Sea | Part of the Arctic Ocean to the North of Iceland between Greenland and the Norwegian Sea | 2010-03-12 |
| 45 | Indian Ocean | 1954-01-01 | |
| 18 | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28Bf | Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 19 | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel | 1954-01-01 | |
| IRM | Irminger Sea | The sea area confined between Greenland and Iceland south of the Denmark Strait (the ridge) and bounded to the south by a line from Cape Farewell to the southern tip of the 2000m isobath on the Reykjanes Ridge and a line following the top of the ridge to Iceland. | 2010-03-12 |
| 52 | Japan Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48n | Java Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 09 | Kara Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 02 | Kattegat, Sound and Belts | 1954-01-01 | |
| 15a | Labrador Sea (Davis Strait) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 42 | Laccadive Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 10 | Laptev Sea (or Nordenskjold Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28Ad | Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48m | Makassar Strait (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 46a | Malacca Strait | 1954-01-01 | |
| 46 | Malacca and Singapore Straits | 1954-01-01 | |
| MKM | Markermeer | Dutch freshwater lake with an artificial dam boundaries between it and IJsselmeer. | 2010-10-04 |
| 28 | Mediterranean Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28B | Mediterranean Sea - Eastern basin | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28A | Mediterranean Sea - Western basin | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48c | Molukka Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 45a | Mozambique Channel (Indian Ocean) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 23 | North Atlantic Ocean | 1954-01-01 | |
| 23a | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| 57a | North East Pacific Ocean (limit 180W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| 57 | North Pacific Ocean | 1954-01-01 | |
| 04 | North Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 23b | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| 57b | North West Pacific Ocean (limit 180W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| 06 | Norwegian Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 500 | Pacific Ocean | Aggregation of North and South Pacific Ocean areas | 2009-01-08 |
| 56 | Philippine Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 37 | Red Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 33 | Rio de La Plata | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48o | Savu Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 31 | Sea of Azov | 1954-01-01 | |
| 29 | Sea of Marmara | 1954-01-01 | |
| 54 | Sea of Okhotsk | 1954-01-01 | |
| 53 | Seto Naikai or Inland Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 46b | Singapore Strait | 1954-01-01 | |
| 03 | Skagerrak | 1954-01-01 | |
| 65 | Solomon Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 32 | South Atlantic Ocean | 1954-01-01 | |
| 49 | South China Sea (Nan Hai) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 32a | South East Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| 61a | South East Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| 61 | South Pacific Ocean | 1954-01-01 | |
| 32b | South West Atlantic Ocean (limit 20W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| 61b | South West Pacific Ocean (limit 140W) | Not a valid IHB Code - created for ROSCOP compatibility | 1982-01-01 |
| SOC | Southern Ocean | Waters south of 60S | 2008-07-01 |
| 28Aa | Strait of Gibraltar (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28C | Strait of Sicily | The region of the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Tunisia | 2009-01-08 |
| 48a | Sulu Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 63 | Tasman Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| 14 | The Northwestern Passages | 1954-01-01 | |
| 14a | The Northwestern Passages - Baffin Bay | 1954-01-01 | |
| 48i | Timor Sea (East Indian Archipelago) | 1954-01-01 | |
| 28Ae | Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) | 1954-01-01 | |
| ZZ | Unknown | The correct value is not known to and not computable by the creator of this information. However a correct value probably exists. | 2008-06-23 |
| WAS | Wadden Sea | Part of the North Sea between the Dutch, German and Danish coasts and the Frisian islands. | 2010-03-12 |
| WSC | Western Scheldt | The more southerly branch of the Scheldt Estuary. | 2010-05-24 |
| 08 | White Sea | 1954-01-01 | |
| GLO | Worldwide | Global coverage from 90S to 90N and 180E to 180W | 2008-07-01 |
| 51 | Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) | 1954-01-01 |
