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  • 111Beaufort Sea — /boh feuhrt/ a part of the Arctic Ocean, NE of Alaska. * * * Part of the Arctic Ocean northeast of Alaska, northwest of Canada, and west of Banks Island in the Arctic Archipelago. Its surface area is about 184,000 sq mi (476,000 sq km), its… …

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  • 112Cross sea — In surface navigation, a cross sea is a sea state with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles.[1] This may occur when water waves from one weather system continue despite a shift in wind. Waves generated by the new wind run at an angle to… …

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  • 113Coral Sea stingaree — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] …

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  • 114Robert Gray (sea captain) — Infobox Person name= Captain Robert Gray image size= 125px caption= Captain Gray (not showing his lack of one eye) birth date= birth date|1755|5|10|mf=y birth place= Tiverton, Rhode Island dead=dead death date= July 1806 death place= at sea… …

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  • 115Weddell Sea — /wed l, weuh del / an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula. * * * ▪ sea, Atlantic Ocean       deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73° S, 45° W, the Weddell… …

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  • 116White Sea — This article is about the inlet of the Barents Sea. For the part of the Mediterranean called White Sea in some South Slavic languages, see Aegean sea. White Sea Basin countries Russia …

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  • 117Mediterranean Sea — a sea surrounded by Africa, Europe, and Asia. 2400 mi. (3865 km) long; 1,145,000 sq. mi. (2,965,550 sq. km); greatest known depth 14,436 ft. (4400 m). Also called Mediterranean. * * * Inland sea enclosed by Europe, Africa, and Asia. Its west east …

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  • 118Bloqueo Continental — El Bloqueo Continental (también conocido como Sistema Continental) fue la base principal de la política exterior del Emperador Napoleón I de Francia en su lucha contra el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda. Consistió en un sistema económico y… …

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  • 119East China Sea — a part of the N Pacific, bounded by China, Japan, the Ryukyus, and Taiwan. 480,000 sq. mi. (1,243,200 sq. km). Also called Dong Hai. * * * ▪ sea, Pacific Ocean Introduction Chinese (Wade Giles)  Tung Hai  or  (Pinyin)  Dong Hai   arm of the… …

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  • 120Red Sea — an arm of the Indian Ocean, extending NW between Africa and Arabia: connected to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal. 1450 mi. (2335 km) long; 170,000 sq. mi. (440,300 sq. km); greatest depth, 7254 ft. (2211 m). * * * Narrow inland sea between… …

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