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Surfing and Sailing

the Seven Seas

 

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Prepared for the ThinkQuest Junior Contest by David B. Gregory J. Josh H. and Josh I.

Summit View School, Valley Glen, California

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OCEAN GEOGRAPHY

Definitions

Longitude – Goes north to south.

Latitude – Goes east to west.

Gulf – An inlet of an ocean or other large body of water, usually larger than a bay.

Ocean – The largest body of salt water on earth.

Sea – A large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean. Seas are partly surrounded by land.

Bay – An inlet of an ocean or other body of water.

Strait – A narrow strip of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

Click on the hyperlinks to locate the bodies of water.

The Major Oceans

  • The Atlantic touches South America, North America, Africa, and Europe.
  • The Pacific Ocean touches South America, North America, Asia, and Australia.
  • The Indian Ocean –10° 00° S latitude and 80° 00° E longitude—it touches Asia, Australia, Antarctica, and Africa.
  • The Arctic Ocean 75° 00° N latitude and 00° 00° longitude. It touches North America and Asia.

Bodies of Water in North America

  • The Gulf of Alaska 59° 00° N latitude and 145° 00° W longitude. It touches Alaska and some of Canada. The Gulf of Mexico 25° 00° N latitude and 90° 00° W longitude. It touches Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
  • Baffin Bay 74° 00° N latitude and 68° 00° W longitude. It touches Greenland and Canada.
  • Chesapeake Bay 38° 35° N latitude and 76° 25° W longitude. It touches Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
  • Bering Strait touches Alaska and Asia. The Mackenzie Bay touches Canada and Alaska.
  • Davis Strait 66° 30° N latitude and 58° 00° W longitude. It touches Greenland and Canada.
  • Hudson Bay 59° 00° N latitude 86° 00° W longitude. It borders Canada and the US.
  • The Gulf of California 28° 00° N latitude and 112° 00° W longitude. It touches Mexico.

Bodies of Water in South America

Bodies of Water in Europe

  • The Bay of Biscay  45° 00° N latitude and 05° 00° W longitude-- is in Europe. It borders Spain and France.
  • The Mediterranean Sea  40° 00° N latitude and 10° 00° longitude. It borders Africa and Europe.
  • The Adriatic Sea 42° 52° N latitude and 15° 40° E longitude. It touches Italy and the Balkan Peninsula.
  • The Baltic Sea 56° 30° N latitude and 19° 00° E longitude. It touches Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of the Russia.
  • The Barents Sea 70° 00° N latitude and 45° 00° E longitude. It touches North of Norway and Russia.
  • The Black Sea 42° 30° N latitude and 35° 00° E longitude. It borders Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, and Turkey.
  • The Norwegian Sea 70° 00° N latitude and 00°00º longitude. It touches Norway.
  • The Gulf of Bothnia 62° 00° N latitude and 20° 00° E longitude. It touches Finland and Sweden.
  • The White Sea 65° 30° N latitude and 38° 00° E longitude. It touches Russia.
  • The Gulf of Finland 60° 00° N latitude and 27° 00° E longitude. It touches Finland, Estonia and Russia.
  • The Irish Sea 53° 40° N latitude and 04° 30° W longitude. It touches Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Bodies of Water in Africa

  • The Mediterranean Sea 40° 00° N latitude and 10° 00° longitude. It borders Africa and Europe.
  • The Gulf of Guinea 03° 00° N latitude and 04° 00° E longitude. It touches Gabon, South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Zaire, Congo, Cameron and Nigeria.
  • The Gulf of Aden touches Somalia and Yemen.
  • The Red Sea touches Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.

Bodies of Water in Asia

  • The Caspian Sea 42° 00° N latitude and 50° 00° S longitude. It touches Iran, Asia, and Europe.
  • The Bay of Bengal 18° 00° N latitude and 90° 00° E longitude. It touches India and Burma. Ceylon is an island nation in the Bay of Bengal.
  • The Arabian Sea touches India and the Arabian Peninsula..
  • The Gulf of Thailand 10° 00° N latitude and 102° 30° E longitude. It touches Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia.
  • The Sea of Okhotsk 55° 00° N laitiude and 150° 00° E longitude. It touches Russia and Japan.
  • The Yellow Sea 37° 00° N latitude and 123° 00° E longitude. It touches the Chinese Mainland and the Korean Peninsula.
  • The South China Sea 15° 00° N latitude and 115° 00° E longitude. It touches Vietnam and Philippines.
  • East China Sea 30° 00° N latitude and 125° 00° E longitude. It touches China.
  • The Laptev Sea 76° 00° N latitude 126° 00° E longitude. It touches Russia.
  • The Kara Sea 72° 00° N latitude and 62° 00° E longitude. It touches Russia.
  • The Sea of Japan 40° 00° N latitude and 135° 00° E longitude. It touches Japan, China and some parts of Russia.
  • The Java Sea 05° 00° S latitude and 110° 00° E longitude.

Bodies of Water in Australia

  • The Coral Sea 14° 00° S latitude and 156° 00° E longitude. It borders Australia, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
  • The Tasman Sea 35° 00° S latitude and 160° 00° E longitude. It borders Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
  • The Arafura Sea 09° 00° S latitude and 134° 00° E longitude.
  • The Torres Strait 10° 25° S longitude 142° 12° E longitude.
  • The Cook Strait 41° 15° S latitude and 174° 30° E longitude.
  • The Timor Sea 11° 00° S latitude and 125° 00° E longitude.

Bodies of Water in the Middle East

  • The Red Sea 20° 00° N latitude and 39° 00° E longitude. It touches Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
  • The Persian Gulf 26° 30° N latitude and 52° 45° E longitude. It touches Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.
  • The Arabian Sea touches India and the Arabian Peninsula.
  • The Gulf of Oman 24° 30° N latitude 58° 45° E longitude. It touches Oman.
  • The Sea of Marmara 40° 42° N latitude and 28° 12° E longitude. It touches Turkey.

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