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Seas and oceans, ranked by obscurity

Seas, oceans, gulfs, bays and straits. 571 seas and oceans in the bank.

571seas and oceans
195,303views/month · Bab-el-Mandeb
61views/month · Gulf of Manfredonia
11jackpot answers (85%+)

By obscurity band

Household names20 seas and oceansUnder 25% obscurity: the places everyone reaches for first, and the ones that pay least. Well known99 seas and oceans25–50% obscurity: known to most people who paid attention in geography. Off the map196 seas and oceans50–70% obscurity: a solid answer that digs a real distance. Deep cuts245 seas and oceans70–85% obscurity: the ones you know from a trip, a book or a map you stared at. One in Wormillion11 seas and oceans85% obscurity and up: the jackpot tier. Every one of these digs the same, and pays almost the maximum.

The fifty rarest

The answers that pay most. A tie at the top is possible: two places with the same monthly views score the same.

#PlaceObscurityViews / monthPoints
1Gulf of Manfredonia100%611,500
2Gulf of Masirah100%611,500
3Gulf of Cagliari95%911,425
4Karkinit Bay91%1221,425
5Lazarev Sea89%1521,425
6Riiser-Larsen Sea89%1521,425
7Aransas Bay86%1831,425
8Bay of Mecklenburg86%1831,425
9Ceram Sea86%1831,425
10Gulf of Hammamet86%1831,425
11Halmahera Sea86%1831,425
12Alamitos Bay85%2131,201
13Basque Roads85%2131,201
14Cooperation Sea85%2131,201
15Cosmonauts Sea85%2131,201
16Gills Bay85%2131,201
17Gruinard Bay85%2131,201
18Gulf of Guayaquil85%2131,201
19Gulf of Roses85%2131,201
20Gulf of Saint-Malo85%2131,201
21Gulf of Valencia85%2131,201
22Haverstraw Bay85%2131,201
23Hunafloi85%2131,201
24Isafjardardjup85%2131,201
25Killala Bay85%2131,201
26Little Bay de Noc85%2131,201
27Loch Sunart85%2131,201
28Moriches Inlet85%2131,201
29Murder Cove85%2131,201
30Padilla Bay85%2131,201
31Pease Bay85%2131,201
32Porlock Bay85%2131,201
33Semiahmoo Bay85%2131,201
34Shoup Bay85%2131,201
35Somov Sea85%2131,201
36St Ives Bay85%2131,201
37Strymonian Gulf85%2131,201
38Sunnylvsfjorden85%2131,201
39Taganrog Bay85%2131,201
40Tumon Bay85%2131,201
41Worbarrow Bay85%2131,201
42Adventfjorden83%2441,170
43Altafjord83%2441,170
44Anchor Bay83%2441,170
45Bideford Bay83%2441,170
46Boknafjord83%2441,170
47Carmarthen Bay83%2441,170
48Great Egg Harbor Bay83%2441,170
49Gulf of Papua83%2441,170
50Half Moon Bay83%2441,170

The twenty most famous

The answers that pay least. Everyone reaches for these first, which is exactly why they don’t dig.

#PlaceObscurityViews / monthPoints
1Bab-el-Mandeb0%195,30375
2Strait of Hormuz9%97,104121
3Caspian Sea12%76,404145
4Mediterranean Sea13%65,781161
5Gulf of Mexico14%64,655163
6Pacific Ocean14%61,976168
7Atlantic Ocean16%54,244183
8Black Sea17%50,470192
9Aral Sea18%46,208203
10Dead Sea19%41,611216
11Sargasso Sea21%37,198230
12Red Sea21%36,985231
13Drake Passage22%33,575244
14Dardanelles22%33,210246
15Indian Ocean22%32,327249
16Aegean Sea23%31,171254
17Baltic Sea23%29,588261
18English Channel24%28,979264
19Strait of Magellan25%26,970274
20Persian Gulf25%26,178278

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