Marginal sea 240656 220722810 2008-06-21T07:14:11Z គីមស៊្រុន 7119710 language link added 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]] {{ocean-stub}} [[ar:بحر هامشي]] [[bs:Rubno more]] [[de:Randmeer]] [[et:Ääremeri]] [[es:Mar marginal]] [[fr:Mer épicontinentale]] [[km:សមុទ្រស្ទើរបិទ]] [[ko:연해]] [[hr:Rubno more]] [[he:ים שולי]] [[ku:Deryaya qiraxî]] [[lv:Malas jūra]] [[hu:Peremtenger]] [[nl:Binnenzee]] [[nds-nl:Binnenzee]] [[ja:縁海]] [[nn:Randhav]] [[pt:Mar marginal]] [[ru:Окраинное море]] [[sr:Ивично море]] [[sv:Randhav]] [[uk:Окраїнне море]] [[zh:陆缘海]]