Seas & Gulfs

Adriatic Sea

The long Mediterranean arm between Italy and the Balkans

Aegean Sea

The island-strewn sea where Greek civilization was born

Arabian Sea

The monsoon-driven sea linking Arabia, Africa, and India

Baltic Sea

Northern Europe's brackish, ice-fringed inland sea

Bay of Bengal

The world's largest bay and cradle of the deadliest cyclones

Bering Sea

The cold, fish-rich gateway between Asia and the Americas

Black Sea

A vast, near-landlocked sea with a lifeless deep

Caribbean Sea

The tropical sea of pirates, coral, and a thousand islands

Coral Sea

The South Pacific sea that holds the Great Barrier Reef

Gulf of Mexico

North America's great basin of oil, hurricanes, and shrimp

Mediterranean Sea

The cradle sea of Western civilization, locked between three continents

North Sea

Europe's stormy shelf sea of fishermen and oil rigs

Persian Gulf

The shallow, oil-laden sea at the heart of the Middle East

Red Sea

A young ocean in the making, splitting Africa from Arabia

Sea of Japan

A deep marginal sea cradled between Asia and the Japanese archipelago

South China Sea

Asia's contested crossroads of shipping and reefs

Tasman Sea

The stormy stretch of ocean dividing Australia and New Zealand