Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Much like Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, we have too much water. To deal with all this water we have split it into areas. One of these areas we call seas, and all our seas have names. Let's look into them!


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SOURCES
List Of Seas: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_seas_on_Earth
Colour Seas: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=50879
Chukchi: marineinsight.com/know-more/chukchi-sea
Siberia: etymonline.com/word/Siberia
Laptev: britannica.com/place/Laptev-Sea
Kara: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Sea
Barents: britannica.com/place/Barents-Sea
Greenland: etymonline.com/word/Greenland
Beaufort: marineinsight.com/know-more/beaufort-sea-facts
Norway: etymonline.com/word/Norway
North Sea: etymonline.com/word/North%20Sea
Inner: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Seas_off_the_West_Coast_of_Scotland
Irish: etymonline.com/word/Irish#etymonline_v_12227
Celtic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Sea
Mediterranean: etymonline.com/word/Mediterranean
Alboran: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alboran_Sea
Balearic: etymonline.com/word/Balearic
Ligurian: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liguria
Tyrrhenian: joidesresolution.org/expedition/tyrrehenian-continent-ocean-transition
Adriatic: etymonline.com/word/Adriatic
Ionian: etymonline.com/word/Ionian
Aegean: etymonline.com/word/Aegean
Marmara: britannica.com/place/Sea-of-Marmara
Azov: nautilusshipping.com/news-and-insights/azov-sea
Caspian: etymonline.com/word/Caspian
Aral: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea
Labrador: etymonline.com/word/Labrador
Caribbean: etymonline.com/word/Carib
Arabian: etymonline.com/word/Arab
Laccadive: lakshadweep.gov.in/about-lakshadweep
Andaman: aniidco.and.nic.in/about-andaman.php
Timor: etymonline.com/word/Timor
Bering: etymonline.com/word/Bering
Okhotsk: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okhotsk
Japan: etymonline.com/word/Japan
Seto: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%80%AC%E6%88%B8#Japanese
China: etymonline.com/word/china
Philippines: etymonline.com/word/Philippines
Australasian: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia
Sulu: wisdomlib.org/names/sulu
Celebes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi
Molucca: studyguides.com/study-methods/overview/cmkyhu482o3dl01d5sv9dy2ul
Halmahera: britannica.com/place/Halmahera
Seram: britannica.com/place/Ceram
Banda: diy.org/article/banda_sea
Arafura: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Arafura_Sea
Flores: originaldiving.com/blog/six-facts-about-the-flores-sea
Savu: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savu_Sea
Bali: etymonline.com/word/Bali
Java: etymonline.com/word/java
Bismarck: britannica.com/place/Bismarck-Sea
Solomon: etymonline.com/word/Solomon
Coral: etymonline.com/word/coral
Tasman: etymonline.com/word/Tasmania
Ross: britannica.com/biography/James-Clark-Ross
Amundsen: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=121773
Bellinghausen: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingshausen_Sea
Scotia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotia_Sea
Weddell: poseidonexpeditions.com/about/articles/history-of-antarctic-explorations-part-ii