Marginal sea
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A '''marginal sea''' is a part of [[ocean|an ocean]] partially enclosed by [[Landform|land]] such as [[island]]s, [[archipelago]]s, or [[peninsula]]s. Unlike [[mediterranean sea (oceanography)|mediterranean sea]]s, marginal seas have [[ocean current]]s caused by ocean winds. Many marginal seas are enclosed by [[island arc]]s that were formed from the [[subduction]] of one [[oceanic plate]] beneath another.
Marginal seas of the [[Arctic Ocean]]:
* The [[Barents Sea]]
* The [[Chukchi Sea]] (separated by [[Wrangel Island]])
* The [[Laptev Sea]] (separated by the [[Severnaya Zemlya]] and the [[New Siberian Islands]])
* The [[Norwegian Sea]]
Marginal seas of the [[Atlantic Ocean]]:
* The [[Celtic Sea]]
* The [[English Channel]]
* The [[Irish Sea]] (separated by [[Ireland]])
* The [[Iroise Sea]]
* The [[Nicholas Channel]]
* The [[North Sea]] (by [[Great Britain]])
* The [[Norwegian Sea]] (by [[Iceland]], the [[Faroe Islands]] and [[Shetland]])
* The [[Sargasso Sea]]
* The [[Scotia Sea]] (by the [[Falkland Islands]], [[South Georgia]], and the [[South Sandwich Islands]])
Marginal seas of the [[Indian Ocean]]:
* The [[Andaman Sea]] (separated by the [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] and [[Nicobar Islands|Nicobar]] Islands)
* The [[Java Sea]] (separated by the [[Greater Sunda Islands]])
* The [[Red Sea]]
Marginal seas of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]:
* The [[Adriatic Sea]]
* The [[Aegean Sea]]
* The [[Alboran Sea]]
* The [[Balearic Sea]]
* The [[Sea of Crete]]
* The [[Ionian Sea]]
* The [[Ligurian Sea]]
* The [[Myrtoan Sea]]
* The [[Thracian Sea]]
* The [[Tyrrhenian Sea]]
Marginal seas of the [[Pacific Ocean]]:
* The [[Bering Sea]] (separated by the [[Aleutian Islands]])
* The [[Coral Sea]] (by the [[Solomon Islands]] and [[Vanuatu]])
* The [[East China Sea]] (by the [[Ryukyu Islands]])
* The [[Gageo Reef]]
* The [[Philippine Sea]] (by the [[Ogasawara Islands]], the [[Mariana Islands]], and [[Palau]])
* The [[Sea of Japan]] (by the [[Japanese Archipelago]])
* The [[Sea of Okhotsk]] (by the [[Kurile Islands]])
* The [[South China Sea]] (by the [[Philippines]])
* The [[Tasman Sea]] (by [[New Zealand]])
* The [[Yellow Sea]] (by the [[Korean Peninsula]])
Marginal seas of the [[Southern Ocean]]:
* The [[Scotia Sea]]
Seas barely marginal include the [[Tasman Sea]].
Note that although the [[Caribbean Sea]] is enclosed by most of the [[Antilles]] and the mainland of the Americas, it is not a marginal sea because (together with the [[Gulf of Mexico]]) it forms the American mediterranean sea and its currents are mainly caused by salinity and temperature differences rather than by ocean winds.
==See also==
*[[Mediterranean sea (oceanography)|Mediterranean sea]]
*[[Sea]]
*[[Ocean]]
[[Category:Oceanography]]
[[Category:Marginal seas]]
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