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Largest Seas by Area

Can you name All the World seas by Area as Defined by the IHO (International Hydrographic Organization)
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Rank
Answer
Size
1
Phillippine Sea
5.695 million km2 (2.199 million sq mi)
2
Coral Sea
4.791 million km2 (1.850 million sq mi)
3
American Mediterranean Sea
4.200 million km2 (1.622 million sq mi)
4
Arabian Sea
3.862 million km2 (1.491 million sq mi)
5
Sargasso Sea
3.5 million km2 (1.4 million sq mi)
6
South China Sea
3.5 million km2 (1.4 million sq mi)
7
Weddell Sea
2.8 million km2 (1.1 million sq mi)
8
Caribbean Sea
2.754 million km2 (1.063 million sq mi)
9
Mediterrannean Sea
2.510 million km2 (0.969 million sq mi)
10
Gulf of Guinea
2.35 million km2 (0.91 million sq mi)
11
Tasman Sea
2.3 million km2 (0.89 million sq mi)
12
Bay of Bengal
2.172 million km2 (0.839 million sq mi)
13
Bering Sea
2 million km2 (0.77 million sq mi)
14
Sea of Okhotsk
1.583 million km2 (0.611 million sq mi)
15
Gulf of Mexico
1.550 million km2 (0.598 million sq mi)
16
Gulf of Alaska
1.533 million km2 (0.592 million sq mi)
17
Barents Sea
1.4 million km2 (0.54 million sq mi)
18
Norwegian Sea
1.383 million km2 (0.534 million sq mi)
19
East China Sea
1.249 million km2 (0.482 million sq mi)
20
Hudson Bay
1.23 million km2 (0.47 million sq mi)
21
Greenland Sea
1.205 million km2 (0.465 million sq mi)
22
Somov Sea
1.15 million km2 (0.44 million sq mi)
23
Mar de Grau
1.14 million km2 (0.44 million sq mi)
24
Riser-Larsen Sea
1.138 million km2 (0.439 million sq mi)
25
Sea of Japan
1.05 million km2 (0.41 million sq mi)
26
Argentine Sea
1 million km2 (0.39 million sq mi)
27
East Siberian Sea
987,000 km2 (381,000 sq mi)
28
Lazarev Sea
929,000 km2 (359,000 sq mi)
29
Kara Sea
926,000 km2 (358,000 sq mi)
30
Scotia Sea
900,000 km2 (350,000 sq mi)
31
Labrador Sea
841,000 km2 (325,000 sq mi)
32
Andaman Sea
797,700 km2 (308,000 sq mi)
33
Laccadive Sea
786,000 km2 (303,000 sq mi)
34
Irminger Sea
780,000 km2 (300,000 sq mi)
35
Solomon Sea
720,000 km2 (280,000 sq mi)
36
Mozambique Channel
700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi)
37
Cosmonauts Sea
699,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi)
38
Banda Sea
695,000 km2 (268,000 sq mi)
Rank
Answer
Size
39
Baffin Bay
689,000 km2 (266,000 sq mi)
40
Laptev Sea
662,000 km2 (256,000 sq mi)
41
Arafura Sea
650,000 km2 (250,000 sq mi)
42
Ross Sea
637,000 km2 (246,000 sq mi)
43
Chukchi Sea
620,000 km2 (240,000 sq mi)
44
Timor Sea
610,000 km2 (240,000 sq mi)
45
North Sea
575,000 km2 (222,000 sq mi)
46
Bellingshausen Sea
487,000 km2 (188,000 sq mi)
47
Beaufort Sea
476,000 km2 (184,000 sq mi)
48
Red Sea
438,000 km2 (169,000 sq mi)
49
Black Sea
436,000 km2 (168,000 sq mi)
50
Gulf of Aden
410,000 km2 (160,000 sq mi)
51
Yellow Sea
380,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi)
52
Baltic Sea
377,000 km2 (146,000 sq mi)
53
Caspian Sea
371,000 km2 (143,000 sq mi)
54
Libyan Sea
350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi)
55
Mawson Sea
333,000 km2 (129,000 sq mi)
56
Levantine Sea
320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
57
Java Sea
320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
58
Gulf of Thailand
320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
59
Celtic Sea
300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
60
Gulf of Carpentaria
300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
61
Celebes Sea
280,000 km2 (110,000 sq mi)
62
Tyrrhenian Sea
275,000 km2 (106,000 sq mi)
63
Sulu Sea
260,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi)
64
Cooperation Sea
258,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi)
65
Persian Gulf
251,000 km2 (97,000 sq mi)
66
Flores Sea
240,000 km2 (93,000 sq mi)
67
Gulf of St. Lawrence
226,000 km2 (87,000 sq mi)
68
Bay of Biscay
223,000 km2 (86,000 sq mi)
69
Aegean Sea
214,000 km2 (83,000 sq mi)
70
Gulf of Anadyr
200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
71
Molucca Sea
200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
72
Oman Sea
181,000 km2 (70,000 sq mi)
73
Ionian Sea
169,000 km2 (65,000 sq mi)
74
Gulf of California
160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi)
75
Balearic Sea
150,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi)
76
Adriatic Sea
138,000 km2 (53,000 sq mi)
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Apr 9, 2025
Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico are parts of the American Mediterranean sea