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Seas of Europe

Try to name the seas that border Europe.
For this quiz, a sea is anything that is called a sea. Doesn't include gulfs, bays, straits, channels, etc...
Some seas are part of other seas.
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First submittedSeptember 22, 2014
Times taken78,640
Average score33.3%
Rating4.32
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Sea
Sea of Azov
Baltic Sea
 
Sea of Åland
 
Archipelago Sea
 
Bothnian Sea
Barents Sea
 
Pechora Sea
 
White Sea
Sea
Black Sea
Cantabrian Sea
Caspian Sea
Celtic Sea
Greenland Sea
Sea of the Hebrides
Irish Sea
Iroise Sea
Kara Sea
Sea of Marmara
Sea
Mediterranean Sea
 
Aegean Sea
 
 
Myrtoan Sea
 
 
Thracian Sea
 
Adriatic Sea
 
Alboran Sea
 
Balearic Sea
 
Sea of Crete
 
Ionian Sea
 
Ligurian Sea
 
Sea of Sardinia
 
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sea
North Sea
 
Wadden Sea
Norwegian Sea
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100 Recent Comments
thecoolestdude2
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Level 68
Oct 26, 2014
Got twenty-- pretty proud of myself.
Arp2600
+1
Level 87
Oct 26, 2014
Hard quiz indeed, but most people will get more than two. The stats clearly show that there are seven easy answers ;).
Quizmaster
+13
Level ∞
Oct 27, 2014
JetPunk users are really smart compared to average people!
wiifly
+3
Level 60
Apr 24, 2020
Yes, this site is full of amazing people
PhilTheThrill
+1
Level 40
Jan 23, 2022
i agree (:
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Nov 24, 2016
Got 8. Never heard of most of the others. I have never travelled all around Europe.
chailattee
+1
Level 62
Feb 11, 2021
I got 18, which I thought wasn't a lot, but beat 90% of people.
PjotrL
+4
Level 76
Oct 26, 2014
Bothnia is considered a "Gulf of" in most languages
Kaljavaasi
+7
Level 46
Oct 26, 2014
Gulf of Bothnia consists of Bay of Bothnia (Perämeri in Finnish), Kvarken (Merenkurkku) and Bothnian Sea (Selkämeri)
worldtraveler
+5
Level 55
Feb 4, 2020
OK I bow down in respect. My hunch is that you didn't even need a map to tell us that.
HydratedMite
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Level 67
Apr 3, 2024
They really wanted to use all 3
Victoulapin
+3
Level 68
Oct 26, 2014
You forgot the Iroise Sea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroise_Sea

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 27, 2014
Added
Jerry928
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Level 76
Oct 30, 2014
Since you're doing indents to show which seas are subsets of other seas, you may want to indicate that Iroise Sea is contained inside the Celtic Sea.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 31, 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroise_Sea
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Nov 22, 2016
This map shows the extent of the Celtic Sea (the red dashed line), showing that it contains the Iroise Sea.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 72
Feb 15, 2019
It sounds like someone trying to say Irish, with an accent haha
Gomis86
+4
Level 55
Oct 26, 2014
And Cantabrian Sea (Mar Cantábrico, in Spain), in Bay of Biscay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Oct 17, 2016
Added!
Yukhan
+1
Level 50
Oct 27, 2014
Where's the Channel?
scrumpyone
+1
Level 45
Nov 25, 2015
lol
GeographyGeek42
+10
Level 66
Aug 8, 2018
over the Chunnel
sep91396
+1
Level 9
Oct 29, 2014
There are seas missing like areal, Arabian, China sea, bering
wiifly
+10
Level 60
Apr 24, 2020
Europe
alec1945
+3
Level 43
Feb 13, 2015
Great quiz. How about a "Seas of Asia"?
Djilas
+6
Level 84
Nov 22, 2016
Too many seas in Indonesia :)
rupturedccno1
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Level 65
Mar 28, 2015
The Cantabrian Sea is the coastal sea of the Atlantic Ocean that washes the northern coast of Spain and the southwest side of the Atlantic coast of France; ...

No further comment just hate being picky!

rupturedccno1
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Level 65
Aug 20, 2015
Quiz master gave up on Cantabrian Sea just wondering why?
EytanMelech
+1
Level 67
Mar 4, 2020
he added it now.
MBAMatt
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Level 80
Oct 28, 2015
Caspian Sea? Pretty sure that's well into Asia.
Findlay
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Level 81
Nov 2, 2016
If the Urals and the Caucasus divide the continents, then some of the Caspian definitely borders Europe.
Djilas
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Level 84
Nov 22, 2016
Urals - River Ural - Caspian Sea - Caucasus - Black Sea - Bosphorus - Sea of Marmara - Dardanelles - Aegean Sea

All of Volga (it flows into Caspian sea) and Astrakhan are in Europe.

Elan
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Level 65
Nov 9, 2015
A map to go along with this quiz, like the Countries of the Word quiz, would be very helpful.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Oct 17, 2016
Done!
MammothSammoth15
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Level 31
Dec 9, 2015
I love geography, it's gotten to the point where I can name every country in the world, it's capital and tell you where it's located. This was very refreshing, knowing that even now there are still a lot of places in our world to learn about.
Yamaneko
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Level 73
Jan 23, 2016
If you include the Myrtoan and Thracian seas, you must also add Icarian Sea (contained in the Aegean Sea), Levantine Sea (south of Anatoila), Cilician Sea (north of Cyprus, included in the Levantine Sea) and Libyan Sea (between Libya and Crete. They're all contained in the Mediterranean Sea.

You could even add the Karpathian Sea, but that would be kind of a stretch since it's rarely mentioned in English.

Djilas
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Level 84
Nov 22, 2016
Some of these don't border Europe
ReyFer
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Level 65
Feb 24, 2016
cantabrian sea, menor sea...
tshalla
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Level 77
Feb 26, 2016
Apparently any two contiguous drops of water in Europe constitute a "sea."
Djilas
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Level 84
Nov 22, 2016
Nope, in Croatia there's only Adriatic sea. Similarly in other archipelagoes , there could be many more in Scotland, Finland, Estonia etc.
awesomeguy
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Level 36
Mar 9, 2016
Please mention if Greenland is included. Even though I got all of them right, please mention.
Wistful
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Level 72
Oct 2, 2023
Greenland isn't included, but Iceland (and to some extent maybe Svalbard) is.
Geographyyay
+1
Level 68
Jun 27, 2016
greenland is part of north america so doesn't the greenland sea not count
Findlay
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Level 81
Nov 2, 2016
I think because it borders Iceland and Svalbard - both of which are considered parts of Europe - it is included here.
ChaosQuizzer
+2
Level 34
Aug 8, 2016
Tasman Sea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Sea

Findlay
+11
Level 81
Sep 16, 2016
Yes, that is the name of a sea that is nowhere near Europe. Your point?
introvertigo
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Level 43
Feb 25, 2019
The Tasman Sea borders New Caledonia, so they probably thought that should be included. Territories aren't included though.
KoljiVriVoda
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Level 78
Oct 23, 2016
Fine solution :)
ct
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Level 66
Nov 22, 2016
please accept "cretan" for "sea of crete" and "sardinian" for "sea of sardinia"
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Nov 22, 2016
In Arabic, the Mediterranean Sea is known as the White Sea.
Djilas
+3
Level 84
Nov 22, 2016
Turkish also - Ak+deniz
quizwhizz
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Level 70
Nov 22, 2016
What about the Gulf of Finland or the Sea of Murmansk?
DeusCaritasEst
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Level 55
Nov 22, 2016
When in doubt....guess colors.
erikj
+2
Level 66
Nov 22, 2016
and compass directions!
zack22
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Level 66
Dec 13, 2021
and islands
Bubblecat
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Level 76
Nov 22, 2016
Damn - tried "Hebridean" and didn't get the Sea of the Hebrides. Had the right idea but not the right wording :P
QuizWol
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Level 66
Jul 14, 2020
You were not the only one!
ander217
+1
Level 75
Nov 22, 2016
Got my "ic" and "an" mixed up on some of them - I said Ionic instead of Ionian, etc.
Sifhraven
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Level 72
Feb 15, 2019
Same here, tried it a few times, even a variation, but not the right way. Also nearly typed Norwegian but didn't, but had tried Icelandic... same with crete
Djilas
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Level 84
Nov 22, 2016
What about Libyan Sea south of Crete?
sulfuratus
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Level 67
Nov 22, 2016
The Wadden Sea is an ecosystem of the intertidal zone, found on many coasts around the world. It's not a strictly defined topological region like the other seas in this quiz.
ponnuki
+4
Level 58
Nov 23, 2016
No, the Wadden Sea is a specific area, between the Frisian islands and the mainland coast. The term 'wadden' is sometimes also used for any considerable intertidal area, but Wadden Sea is still the name of the sea area, not a mere description.
Antofagasta
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Level 71
Jan 27, 2017
Brilliant quiz please make more!
Sifhraven
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Level 72
Feb 15, 2019
More seas? (Wanna sea more ? ;) )
Malbaby
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Level 70
Jan 31, 2017
Good quiz, like it that you can sea the answers by pointing at the red dots if needs be, good help to learning. Could have given me Hebridean Sea and Cretan Sea I feel.
drayen
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Level 73
Feb 24, 2017
The Malin Sea off the north coast of Ireland and west coast of Scotland?
chondrichthyess
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Level 61
Apr 26, 2017
What about the Holy See? It's in Europe
chondrichthyess
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Level 61
Apr 26, 2017
For what it's worth, this is what American children learn in grade school: Mediterranean, Baltic, Black, Caspian, Aegean, Adriatic, North.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 72
Feb 15, 2019
I think those are the exact ones we learned in Europe as well. Though ionean might but up there as well, not real sure though, might be learned that later
Sifhraven
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Level 72
Feb 15, 2019
(And not too sure we learned Baltic.. and we might ve learned barentszee but that might ve been with history about spitsbergen. Is and we also learned skaggerak and kattegat (which translates as cats hole in my language haha) I guess they aren't seas but I tried them anyway, cause they were stored in the same place (elementary school ) in my mind. Along with beringstrait and strait of Gibraltar which kept popping up in my mind)
Jarl5
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Level 69
May 21, 2017
Got 16. Heard of about half of the ones I missed, not bad.
nmaec
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Level 61
Jul 25, 2017
What about the Libyan Sea? Pretty sure it borders southern Crete.
SouthwestChief
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Level 72
Jul 28, 2017
I just earned 5 point for getting 64%!!!
Marius1882
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Level 44
Sep 19, 2017
i missed Aegean sea,Ionian sea,sea of Marmara,Greenland sea,sea of crete,bothnian sea,sea of sardinia,liguarian sea,sea of the Hebrides,Cantabrian,Wadden,Thracian,Myrtoan , Iroise and archipelago.i guessed pechora sea .Cool Quiz!
tryhardtroglodyte
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Level 29
Oct 31, 2017
Geez... Even though I've been trying to study maps a lot, I guess the seas passed by me. I only knew of the Mediterranean, Aegean, Adriatic, Baltic... and I think that's it?

I only started really learning Geography in late August, but I'm still concerned by my lack of knowledge on the seas. That's crazy to think there are 33 of them, and that's just according to this quiz. Can't imagine how many there might be outside of this, too!

But great quiz :)

np
+2
Level 65
Apr 24, 2018
Please accept "Cretan" sea
JoanSR
+1
Level 75
Jun 27, 2018
pechora sea 1/100 got it right. It was you quizzmaster?
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Sep 6, 2018
Possibly a side-effect of the recent reformatting of quizzes - the grey-hatched countries now block out several of the answer panels, and the answers do not display, even after the end of the quiz. Also, Greenland seems to have been pushed unnaturally close to Iceland.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 6, 2018
It works for me. I'm assuming that this is an Internet Explorer issue. I'll take a look when I get a chance. I'm pretty sure the distance between Greenland and Iceland is accurate.
roadrage
+1
Level 67
Sep 29, 2018
This quiz is a bit of a challenge. I got only 11 right and I'm above average!!
Fresco3
+1
Level 69
Nov 28, 2018
Only got the Sea of Azov due to recent events!
introvertigo
+2
Level 43
Feb 25, 2019
Quizmaster, could you make one of these for Asia? It'd be a great quiz!
introvertigo
+1
Level 43
Feb 25, 2019
Damn I missed two :/
alexh32
+1
Level 59
Jun 2, 2019
Tell me right now who got the pechora sea
makouras
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Level 85
Jul 25, 2019
Why is 'Azof' considered a mistake?
marez
+1
Level 64
Aug 11, 2019
I have been to most of them so not too bad.
Antimatter
+1
Level 45
Dec 1, 2019
This is so cool, I knew less than half of these! Nice one :) :)
CaoMaru
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Level 50
Feb 5, 2020
Should have just put Crete and Hebrides, I kept doing Cretian, Creteian, Hebridean, etc.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 83
Oct 27, 2020
Wow! 18/33 gets me 4/5.
JPR
+1
Level 41
Oct 27, 2020
I'd have done well to get a C...
BeansMe
+1
Level 41
Jan 7, 2021
20 first try. Cool!
Zych
+1
Level 67
Jan 2, 2022
Sheesh. The Caspian Sea is a lake.
OliviaPG
+1
Level 70
Apr 22, 2022
Anyone else get half of these from playing Diplomacy?
Koopa
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Level 82
Apr 26, 2022
Why does Jetpunk not recognize the Caspian for what it is--a lake.
Wistful
+1
Level 72
Nov 14, 2023
It does. That's why Jetpunk considers Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan as landlocked. The current definition in the caveats covers that.
GalwayAnto
+1
Level 43
Jul 21, 2022
Sea of Moyle?
MD396
+1
Level 56
Nov 21, 2022
i think the boxes are a little wierd...
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
Oct 11, 2023
The indents are to show which seas are part of another sea.
Aoto327
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Level 79
Jan 29, 2024
I know this doesn’t include gulfs, bays, etc., but please also accept “German Bight” and “German Bay” as well as “Bay of Biscay” because they are almost synonymous.
eggsaregreat
+1
Level 44
Oct 31, 2024
all done, as a European I enjoy learning about the things around me
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