International Hydrographic Organization, IHO; Sieger, Rainer (2012): Names of oceans and seas as digitized table [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777976
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International Hydrographic Organization, IHO (1953): Limits of Oceans and Seas. International Hydrographic Organization, Special Publication No 23, 3rd Edition, IMP, Monégasque - Monte-Carlo, 45 pp, hdl:10013/epic.37175.d001
Source:
International Hydrographic Organization, IHO; Sieger, Rainer (2012): Limits of oceans and seas in digitized, machine readable form. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777975
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 20.588134 * Median Longitude: 148.753866 * South-bound Latitude: -74.364900 * West-bound Longitude: 1.829360 * North-bound Latitude: 82.659400 * East-bound Longitude: -1.929520
Comment:
The dataset contains the names of all oceans and seas in the "Limits of Oceans and Seas" (IHO, 1953). An automatic algorithm gives an area centroid for each polygon (ocean or sea). The dataset consists of four columns. The first column contains the name of the ocean or sea, column 2 and 3 contain the position of each polygon point (latitude, longitude). Column 4 contains an area index. With this index a link to the polygons is possible.
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License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
294 data points
Data
| 1 Name | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torres Strait | -9.83553 | 142.08500 | 260002040 |
| Tasman Sea | -39.57000 | 161.07600 | 260002039 |
| Solomon Sea | -8.60389 | 153.93400 | 260002038 |
| Ross Sea, western part | -74.01180 | -163.29900 | 260002037 |
| Ross Sea, eastern part | -74.36490 | 169.69500 | 260002036 |
| Coral Sea | -19.28170 | 156.23700 | 260002035 |
| Bismarck Sea | -3.75103 | 147.05600 | 260002034 |
| Bellingshausen Sea | -70.66900 | -83.69450 | 260002033 |
| Bass Strait | -39.42560 | 146.43500 | 260002032 |
| Amundsen Sea | -71.54760 | -109.36800 | 260002031 |
| Timor Sea | -11.11520 | 128.16000 | 260002029 |
| Sunda Strait | -6.07439 | 105.26100 | 260002028 |
| Sumba Strait | -8.93434 | 119.28500 | 260002027 |
| Sulu Sea | 8.65856 | 120.23600 | 260002026 |
| Sulawesi Sea | 2.96393 | 121.39100 | 260002025 |
| South China Sea | 12.53900 | 112.89300 | 260002024 |
| Singapore Strait | 1.23131 | 103.99200 | 260002023 |
| Seram Sea | -2.81363 | 130.22800 | 260002022 |
| Sawu Sea | -9.51412 | 122.44700 | 260002021 |
| Natuna Sea | 0.17982 | 106.88900 | 260002020 |
| Mindanao Sea | 5.94074 | 122.99700 | 260002019 |
| Maluku Sea | 0.64446 | 126.05600 | 260002018 |
| Makasar Strait | -2.04992 | 118.30400 | 260002017 |
| Joseph Bonaparte Gulf | -14.66190 | 128.65900 | 260002016 |
| Jawa Sea | -5.20118 | 112.03800 | 260002015 |
| Halmahera Sea | 0.16886 | 129.19100 | 260002014 |
| Gulf of Tonkin | 19.74920 | 107.68100 | 260002013 |
| Gulf of Tomini | -0.33824 | 121.55600 | 260002012 |
| Gulf of Thailand | 9.89265 | 101.84200 | 260002011 |
| Gulf of Carpentaria | -14.45880 | 139.13700 | 260002010 |
| Gulf of Bone | -4.07188 | 120.83100 | 260002009 |
| Gulf of Berau | -2.44610 | 132.98500 | 260002008 |
| Flores Sea | -7.55123 | 119.77600 | 260002007 |
| Banda Sea | -5.30047 | 126.21100 | 260002006 |
| Bali Sea | -8.06357 | 115.74100 | 260002005 |
| Aru Sea | -6.38899 | 135.73000 | 260002004 |
| Arafura Sea | -10.18390 | 136.29300 | 260002003 |
| South Pacific Ocean, eastern part | -36.69320 | 162.03700 | 260002002 |
| South Pacific Ocean, western part | -38.26590 | -125.73800 | 260002001 |
| Yellow Sea | 35.91230 | 123.34700 | 260001020 |
| Taiwan Strait | 24.04790 | 119.23400 | 260001019 |
| Seto Naikai | 34.13270 | 133.28100 | 260001018 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 54.59570 | 149.35900 | 260001017 |
| Philippine Sea | 18.62640 | 132.98800 | 260001016 |
| Liaodong Gulf | 40.34740 | 121.40900 | 260001015 |
| Japan Sea | 39.77520 | 134.14900 | 260001014 |
| Gulf of Tartary | 48.36110 | 140.76600 | 260001013 |
| Gulf of Panama | 8.23641 | -79.30910 | 260001012 |
| Gulf of California | 27.49910 | -111.30300 | 260001011 |
| Gulf of Alaska | 58.45450 | -149.06200 | 260001010 |
| East China Sea | 28.98620 | 124.92000 | 260001009 |
| Coastal waters of SE Alaska | 53.34780 | -129.35100 | 260001008 |
| Bo Sea | 38.65110 | 119.47700 | 260001007 |
| Bering Sea, western part | 59.05210 | -169.28900 | 260001006 |
| Bering Sea, eastern part | 57.49600 | 172.50300 | 260001005 |
| Anadyrskiy Gulf, eastern part | 64.49210 | 178.28300 | 260001004 |
| Anadyrskiy Gulf, western part | 64.85750 | -177.50900 | 260001003 |
| North Pacific Ocean, western part | 27.43760 | -142.00200 | 260001002 |
| North Pacific Ocean, eastern part | 30.04410 | 152.51800 | 260001001 |
| Pacific Ocean, eastern part | 0.15001 | 156.78200 | 260000002 |
| Pacific Ocean, western part | -14.82160 | -131.54200 | 260000001 |
| Weddell Sea | -68.02100 | -33.02300 | 250002006 |
| Scotia Sea | -58.13920 | -46.82140 | 250002005 |
| Rio de la Plata | -34.98250 | -57.10360 | 250002004 |
| Lazarev Sea | -67.98130 | 9.91890 | 250002003 |
| Drake Passage | -60.54300 | -64.55180 | 250002002 |
| South Atlantic Ocean | -38.63240 | -23.22580 | 250002001 |
| Skagerrak | 58.54630 | 9.94165 | 250001017 |
| Scotland Sea | 56.16060 | -6.17189 | 250001016 |
| North Sea | 56.14590 | 2.69488 | 250001015 |
| Labrador Sea | 55.40780 | -54.37980 | 250001014 |
| Irish Sea | 53.49950 | -4.68468 | 250001013 |
| Gulf of St. Lawrence | 48.59820 | -61.42180 | 250001012 |
| Gulf of Mexico | 25.28490 | -90.37350 | 250001011 |
| Gulf of Guinea | 3.49072 | 3.13140 | 250001010 |
| Greenland Sea | 63.50010 | -33.28570 | 250001009 |
| English Channel | 49.87600 | -1.92952 | 250001008 |
| Celtic Sea | 49.65280 | -7.63105 | 250001007 |
| Caribbean Sea | 14.63580 | -74.69620 | 250001006 |
| Canarias Sea | 25.58160 | -27.76890 | 250001005 |
| Bristol Channel | 51.40490 | -3.83927 | 250001004 |
| Bay of Fundy | 45.09830 | -65.36820 | 250001003 |
| Bay of Biscay | 45.15830 | -3.57668 | 250001002 |
| North Atlantic Ocean | 31.73930 | -41.38790 | 250001001 |
| Atlantic Ocean | -8.18570 | -31.08370 | 250000001 |
| Tirreno Sea | 40.08970 | 12.31330 | 240001016 |
| Strait of Sicilia | 36.30470 | 12.85160 | 240001015 |
| Strait of Gibraltar | 35.97570 | -5.68585 | 240001014 |
| Sea of Marmara | 40.62910 | 28.28890 | 240001013 |
| Sea of Azov | 46.20330 | 36.89830 | 240001012 |
| Ligure Sea | 43.68630 | 9.32055 | 240001011 |
| Ionian Sea | 37.93520 | 18.96040 | 240001010 |
| Black Sea | 43.17670 | 34.40230 | 240001009 |
| Balear Sea | 40.09580 | 1.82936 | 240001008 |
| Alboran Sea | 35.92210 | -3.34196 | 240001007 |
| Aegean Sea | 38.15050 | 24.96220 | 240001006 |
| Adriatic Sea | 43.02480 | 16.02860 | 240001005 |
| Western Basin | 39.34480 | 5.77813 | 240001004 |
| Eastern Basin | 36.55750 | 22.19040 | 240001003 |
| Mediterranean Sea | 37.47320 | 16.79950 | 240001002 |
| Mediterranean Region | 39.06930 | 22.08900 | 240001001 |
| Riiser-Larsen Sea | -67.67470 | 27.55460 | 230001019 |
| Red Sea | 20.20200 | 38.72650 | 230001018 |
| Prydz Bay | -67.12610 | 75.49560 | 230001017 |
| Persian Gulf | 26.92230 | 51.83320 | 230001016 |
| Palk Bay, Palk Strait | 9.65912 | 79.64790 | 230001015 |
| Mozambique Channel | -19.39300 | 40.78970 | 230001014 |
| Malacca Strait | 4.65481 | 99.57950 | 230001013 |
| Lakshadweep Sea | 6.96719 | 75.12810 | 230001012 |
| Gulf of Suez | 28.59660 | 33.22290 | 230001011 |
| Gulf of Oman | 24.45860 | 58.85330 | 230001010 |
| Gulf of Mannar | 7.97106 | 79.11780 | 230001009 |
| Gulf of Aqaba | 28.71350 | 34.67850 | 230001008 |
| Gulf of Aden | 12.55170 | 47.76740 | 230001007 |
| Great Australian Bight | -32.96090 | 129.79000 | 230001006 |
| Cosmonaut Sea | -67.09090 | 41.68380 | 230001005 |
| Burma Sea, Andaman Sea | 11.56670 | 95.72500 | 230001004 |
| Bay of Bengal | 14.03450 | 87.37790 | 230001003 |
| Arabian Sea | 13.76120 | 64.22940 | 230001002 |
| Indian Ocean | -28.18040 | 78.79110 | 230001001 |
| The Sound | 55.69100 | 12.63550 | 220001008 |
| The Little Belt | 55.18980 | 9.82126 | 220001007 |
| The Great Belt | 55.14850 | 11.14690 | 220001006 |
| Kattegat | 56.65170 | 11.31570 | 220001005 |
| Gulf of Riga | 57.98660 | 23.40400 | 220001004 |
| Gulf of Finland | 59.97130 | 26.78930 | 220001003 |
| Gulf of Bothnia | 62.78630 | 20.93990 | 220001002 |
| Baltic Sea | 58.73180 | 19.11240 | 220001001 |
| White Sea | 66.06250 | 39.07690 | 210001019 |
| Norwegian Sea | 68.74680 | 6.68394 | 210001018 |
| Northwestern Passages | 72.35350 | -99.10040 | 210001017 |
| North Greenland Sea | 77.20080 | -10.13500 | 210001016 |
| Lincoln Sea | 82.65940 | -50.32100 | 210001015 |
| Laptev Sea | 76.04460 | 122.37500 | 210001014 |
| Kara Sea | 74.62830 | 77.73450 | 210001013 |
| Iceland Sea | 67.65290 | -17.38080 | 210001012 |
| Hudson Strait | 61.65450 | -71.33630 | 210001011 |
| Hudson Bay | 59.00460 | -85.32750 | 210001010 |
| East Siberian Sea | 73.61460 | 159.90400 | 210001009 |
| Davis Strait | 64.97770 | -58.35910 | 210001008 |
| Chukchi Sea, western part | 69.07050 | -168.84000 | 210001007 |
| Chukchi Sea, eastern part | 70.07300 | 179.13300 | 210001006 |
| Beaufort Sea | 71.67450 | -137.81200 | 210001005 |
| Barents Sea | 74.84170 | 42.28700 | 210001004 |
| Baffin Bay | 75.46690 | -66.75510 | 210001003 |
| Arctic Ocean, eastern part | 71.06670 | 69.68460 | 210001002 |
| Arctic Ocean, western part | 72.47510 | -78.81210 | 210001001 |