Please accept West Philippine Sea for South China Sea as the Philippine government requires using such name to refer to the sea that is west of the Philippines: http://www.gov.ph/2012/09/05/administrative-order-no-29-s-2012/
Agreed. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are on the trench dividing the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The Andaman Sea also borders Malaysia just north of the Strait of Malacca. Therefore, it should count with 5 countries.
Then why don't we have Levantine, Aegean, Ligurian, Balearic, Ionian, Tyrrhenian seas and even more pointless seas which are basically just a part of the Mediterranean?
I typed in "East" and it filled in Sea of Japan - what is the reasoning behind this? It didn't cross my mind that I'd also have to type in East China Sea, which I ended up missing. It might be helpful to put something like "includes marginal seas" in the description.
trying not to be sensitive or anything, but countries like Korea and China take strong offense to the term, Sea of "Japan". So it would be great if you changed it to "East Sea" instead of Sea of Japan. thanks
so you are calling Koreans and Chinese people childish...ok. Well as a person living in Asia, it's a serious matter because of the 'Dokdo Island'. I'm sure you don't know about this matter since you think it's "childish", Japan is falsely advertising to the world that the island, which is historically Korean, to be their country's island when it's under the Korean rule so that's why they are trying to change the name to "Sea of Japan" to think that the island, which is apparently on the sea of "japan" to make it look like the rightful owner is Japan, itself. What's actually "childish" is the way Japan is trying to promote fake ownership over the island when it's in fact- not theirs at all. So learn more about the actual situation and educate yourself, rather than to just call a large number of people, "childish".
I do feel like this comes off as preachy, especially when "Sea of Japan" is the most commonly accepted term for that body of water in English. The owner of the Liancourt Rocks has little to do with it
To be honest, fighting over land is childish. It is like fighting over toys but on a bigger scale. Being upset when there are casualties as a result of childish powerstruggles however is not childish at all, it is a serious matter when innocent lifes are taken.
Fight over land is childish? Well, I am pretty sure that your statement is offensive to millions of people in the world. I'm sure that almost a quarter of the world's countries are fighting over territories. So many that I cannot list all of them here: Israel/Palestine, Senkaku(Diaoyu) islands, Kuril islands, Western Sahara, Antartica, Somaliland, Taiwan, and tens of more. Also, I think there is something wrong with Japan, since Japan is claiming a lot of islands near it including parts of Russia, China, and South Korea. Meanwhile, the other countries (maybe except for China) are not like fighting for some land with more than two countries.
I have never seen Chinese claim that it is "East Sea". Only Koreans. East sea to China is the East China Sea. On the other hand, I don't see Koreans boohooing about Yellow Sea, where they historically called it "West Sea". It is solely because they cannot stand when it has the name "Japan" to it, and I would call it a childish nationalism.
I know that seas are hard to define as they don't have natural maritime boundaries, but should the Arafura Sea be included. I would have thought it touched East Timor, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (just) and Australia.
According to the International Hydrographic Organisation, it does not reach west enough to touch East Timor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arafura_Sea#Extent
Darnit. I started to type "East China", but "East" gave me "Sea of Japan" so I assumed they were synonymous. So I missed two (East China Sea and Coral Sea) instead of just one (Coral Sea, which I never would've guessed lol)
Maybe akin to the Wittgenstein theory of language.
By the way, where do you buy a communist eggplant? I'd really like to try one. I've had a capitalist tomato; it had no flavour. I've had an anarchist apple, and I also had a socialist brussel sprout, which definitely left a bad taste in my mouth.
The problem with accepting Adriatic, is that you then have the problem of Tyrrhenian (but probably only borders two countires) and Ionian - which i would have thought borders four - Italy greece malta and Tunisia. It is the problem of 'sub-seas' if there is such a term.
What are the four countries that East China sea touches? Wiki says there are only three China, Japan and south Korea. It doesn't touch North Korea as that is bounded by the Yellow Sea.
Please include the Philippine Sea, as it touches 5 countries : Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Wikipedia said
What about the Levantine Sea (if Adriatic is accepted as well as Mediterranean)? Also the Philippine Sea connects to quite a few Pacific island countries
You should link a quiz to serve as a standard for what seas are considered, because there are MANY other seas that could be included but aren't. "A sea is anything that is called a sea" is simply too broad if you're not accounting for everything. I'll list missing seas below:
I'm having doubts about how many countries the Sea of Sardinia borders since it's not well defined. The most conservative definition would probably limit it to Italy and Spain, while a more liberal interpretation might include North Africa and Corsica. Again, lack of data. The featured Seas of Europe quiz has it, so there is precedent. The other exclusions are a lot more glaring.
I haven't seen the Levantine or Libyan Sea as much on Jetpunk, but I can't think of any good reason why they shouldn't be included. The other seas I mentioned are listed on the featured Seas of the World quiz.
If there were any seas I missed, comments would be appreciated.
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines
At least that's how I always called it, also Arabian Gulf sometimes.
It has been living a bit of a schizo life though lately.
What does the quizmaster think?
I`m sure I`m not the first to mention this.
I don`t care either way....
over
p.s Still a good quiz though
So learn to read what someone is actually saying before lecturing them
By the way, where do you buy a communist eggplant? I'd really like to try one. I've had a capitalist tomato; it had no flavour. I've had an anarchist apple, and I also had a socialist brussel sprout, which definitely left a bad taste in my mouth.
and Palau Wikipedia said
Alboran Sea, 4 (Spain, UK, Morocco, Algeria)
Andaman Sea, 4 (India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia)
Libyan Sea, 5 (Tunisia, Libya, Malta, Italy, Greece)
Sardinian Sea, 5 (Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, France, Italy)
Philippine Sea, 6 (Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Palau, FSM, USA)
Levantine Sea, 9 (Libya, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, UK)
I haven't seen the Levantine or Libyan Sea as much on Jetpunk, but I can't think of any good reason why they shouldn't be included. The other seas I mentioned are listed on the featured Seas of the World quiz.
If there were any seas I missed, comments would be appreciated.