Sunday, February 23, 2020

List of largest oceans and seas on Earth

This post is an attempted list of the largest oceans and seas on Earth. This post is a work in progress as I find more seas that belong on this list. There are 5 oceans and 16 seas listed below. Source: Wikipedia

Oceans


1. Pacific Ocean - 165 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NOAA



2. Atlantic Ocean - 106 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NOAA



3. Indian Ocean - 70 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, University of San Diego: Sattelite Geodesy
License: CC BY-SA 3.0



4. Southern Ocean - 20 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Shaaz
License: CC BY-SA 3.0



5. Arctic Ocean - 14 million km sq)
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, CIA and Wadim
License: CC BY-SA 3.0



Seas


1. Coral Sea - 4.7 million km sq
License: CC BY-SA 3.0



2. Arabian Sea - 3.8 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and MODIS



3. South China Sea - 3.5 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Serg!o



4. Caribbean Sea - 2.7 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, DEMIS Mapserver and Koba-chan



5. Mediterranean Sea - 2.5 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Eric Gaba (Sting)



6. Bering Sea - 2.0 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, DEMIS Mapserver and Koba-chan
License: CC BY-SA 3.0



7. Gulf of Mexico - 1.5 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration



8. Sea of Okhotsk - 1.5 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA



9. East China Sea - 1.2 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Serg!o



10. Hudson Bay - 1.2 million km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Przemek Pietrak
License: CC BY 3.0



11. Sea of Japan - 978 thousand km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA



12. Andaman Sea - 600 thousand km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA



13. North Sea - 570 thousand km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA



14. Red Sea - 438 thousand km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA



15. Black Sea - 436 thousand km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Jeff Smaltz



16. Baltic Sea - 377 thousand km sq
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA, SeaWiFS Project, Goddard Space Center and ORBIMAGE