Draft:List of seas of the Indian Ocean
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This is a list of all seas, as well as major bays, and gulfs within the Indian Ocean. It also includes the Mozambique Channel and Great Australian Bight. The following measurements are the surface areas of the water bodies in square miles.
Middle East and Africa
[edit]- Arabian Sea-India, Pakistan, Iran, Oman, Yemen, Somalia, 1,491,130 sq mi
- Mozambique Channel- Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Réunion (France), Tanzania 270,272 sq mi
- Red Sea including the Gulf of Aqaba- Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland^ Yemen, 169,000 sq mi
- Gulf of Aden- Somalia, Somaliland, Yemen, 158,302 sq mi
- Persian Gulf- Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, 97,000 sq mi
South Asia
[edit]- Bay of Bengal- Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, 838,600 sq mi
- Andaman Sea-Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, 307,994 sq mi
- Laccadive Sea-India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, 303,476 sq mi
- Gulf of Khambat-India, 25,200 sq mi
- Gulf of Kutch- India, 92.5 sq mi
Southeast Asia and Australia
[edit]- Timor Sea- East Timor, Indonesia, Australia, 235,522 sq mi
- Java Sea- Indonesia 123,553 sq mi
- Savu Sea- Indonesia, East Timor, 41,000 sq mi
- Great Australian Bight- Australia, Unknown