Curated category
Seas of Asia
- Red SeaThe Red Sea began to form during the Eocene epoch, when tectonic forces started splitting the Arabian Peninsula from the Horn of Africa.
- Black SeaThe Black Sea began as a landlocked freshwater lake during the last ice age, when global sea levels were more than 120 meters lower than they are today.
- Kara SeaThe Kara Sea stretches from Cape Kohlsaat on Graham Bell Island to Cape Molotov on Komsomolets Island. This line marks the northern limit of a marginal sea…
- East Siberian SeaThe East Siberian Sea stretches between the Arctic Cape to the north and the coast of Siberia to the south. Its western limit touches the New Siberian…
- Sea of OkhotskThe Sea of Okhotsk covers an area of 1,583,000 square kilometers with a mean depth of 859 meters and a maximum depth of 3,372 meters.
- Sea of JapanThe Sea of Japan formed during the Early Miocene epoch, roughly 23 to 18 million years ago. Before this geological event, the region was a landlocked area…
- Laptev SeaThe International Hydrographic Organization drew a precise line on the map in 1935 to define the limits of this Arctic body.
- Aegean SeaThe Aegean Sea stretches as an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean, covering an area that varies in estimates but remains a significant body of water…
- Chukchi SeaThe Chukchi Sea stretches between Point Barrow in Alaska and Wrangel Island off the Siberian coast. Its southern edge meets the Bering Strait, which links it…
- Mediterranean SeaThe Mediterranean Sea holds about 2,500,000 square kilometers of water, yet that represents only 0.7% of the global ocean surface.
- Bering SeaThe International Hydrographic Organization drew a line from Kabuch Point in the Alaskan Peninsula through the Aleutian Islands to Cape Kamchatka.