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Household names: seas and oceans

Under 25% obscurity: the places everyone reaches for first, and the ones that pay least. 159 seas and oceans.

Rarest here: Mozambique Channel (25%). Most famous: Gulf of Mexico (0%).

PlaceObscurityViews / monthPoints
Adriatic Sea3%22,708131
Aegean Sea2%29,344120
Alboran Sea22%2,782298
Andaman Sea12%5,681208
Arabian Sea4%20,187137
Archipelago Sea23%2,461311
Arctic Ocean4%22,139134
Argentine Sea19%3,309275
Arthur Kill22%2,616302
Atlantic Ocean1%58,511107
Bab-el-Mandeb22%2,801295
Baffin Bay20%3,135281
Balearic Sea21%2,851292
Baltic Sea2%29,716118
Barents Sea4%19,691140
Bass Strait13%5,625213
Bay of Bengal5%18,397141
Bay of Biscay6%12,872157
Bay of Fundy5%15,850148
Bay of Kotor12%5,811205
Beagle Channel15%4,727233
Beaufort Sea18%3,617260
Bering Sea8%9,770169
Bering Strait5%17,053145
Biscayne Bay17%4,060249
Black Sea1%47,312108
Bohai Sea17%3,701257
Bosporus Strait3%25,003128
Boston Harbor19%3,435267
Bristol Channel14%5,145222
Cantabrian Sea23%2,501304
Caribbean Sea6%15,318150
Caspian Sea0%78,942103
Celtic Sea10%6,385192
Chesapeake Bay4%19,957138
Chukchi Sea22%2,792297
Cook Inlet18%3,576264
Cook Strait21%2,983288
Coral Sea11%6,001200
Dardanelles2%29,745117
Davis Strait24%2,438312
Deception Pass18%3,578263
Delaware Bay22%2,729301
Denmark Strait14%4,876229
Drake Passage2%35,476114
East China Sea14%4,741230
English Channel2%28,223121
Firth of Clyde16%4,088246
Firth of Forth6%13,300155
Florida Strait21%2,946291
Garabogazköl14%4,955226
Geirangerfjord19%3,334271
Golden Gate9%8,370179
Golden Horn9%8,349181
Great Australian Bight16%4,239240
Greenland Sea12%5,632212
Guanabara Bay13%5,465215
Gulf of Aden8%9,447172
Gulf of Alaska24%2,337318
Gulf of Aqaba9%7,927182
Gulf of Bothnia15%4,738232
Gulf of California5%16,009147
Gulf of Carpentaria19%3,322273
Gulf of Corryvreckan15%4,682236
Gulf of Finland12%5,654210
Gulf of Guinea10%6,880191
Gulf of Maine17%3,835253
Gulf of Mannar24%2,390315
Gulf of Mexico0%162,231100
Gulf of Oman10%6,271193
Gulf of Saint Lawrence15%4,498237
Gulf of Sidra23%2,488306
Gulf of Thailand15%4,709234
Gulf of Tonkin16%4,085247
Ha Long Bay8%9,790168
Hudson Bay5%18,056142
Indian Ocean2%34,193116
Ionian Sea7%11,810162
Irish Sea8%9,519171
Jamaica Bay18%3,626258
James Bay14%5,110223
Java Sea8%8,889174
Kara Sea15%4,395239
Kattegat6%12,367158
Kealakekua Bay19%3,419268
Labrador Sea24%2,376317
Laccadive Sea21%3,028285
Levantine Sea20%3,086284
Ligurian Sea19%3,317274
Lituya Bay21%2,957290
Long Island Sound9%7,648183
Lulworth Cove20%3,211278
Mar Menor21%3,001287
Mediterranean Sea1%63,993106
Menai Strait25%2,285322
milo es el mejor20%3,122283
Monterey Bay11%5,913203
Moray Firth17%3,747254
Morecambe Bay20%3,206280
Mozambique Channel25%2,241324
Narragansett Bay19%3,400270
New York Harbor8%8,751176
North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)23%2,488306
North Sea3%25,449125
Norwegian Sea17%3,724256
Øresund11%5,929202
Oslofjord25%2,305321
Pacific Ocean0%70,193104
Palk Strait16%4,211242
Pamlico Sound24%2,433314
Pearl Harbor5%17,575144
Persian Gulf3%24,313130
Philippine Sea13%5,314219
Port Phillip23%2,486308
Prince William Sound14%4,897227
Puget Sound3%25,226127
Red Sea1%42,108110
Ross Sea23%2,481309
San Francisco Bay9%8,581178
Sargasso Sea1%37,989113
Scapa Flow7%12,054159
Sea of Azov7%10,905167
Sea of Japan7%11,217165
Sea of Marmara7%11,598164
Sea of Okhotsk10%7,500186
Seto Inland Sea13%5,242220
Skagerrak12%5,722206
Sognefjord16%4,097244
Solway Firth17%3,993250
South China Sea6%14,422152
Southern Ocean3%26,504124
Strait of Dover8%8,857175
Strait of Georgia18%3,591261
Strait of Gibraltar4%22,467133
Strait of Hormuz0%97,456101
Strait of Juan de Fuca11%6,268195
Strait of Magellan3%28,091123
Strait of Malacca4%21,868135
Strait of Messina7%11,994161
Strait of Otranto22%2,742300
Straits of Mackinac10%6,943189
Sunda Strait12%5,654210
Taiwan Strait17%3,962251
Tampa Bay11%6,141198
Tasman Sea14%5,006225
Tethys Ocean6%14,915151
The Minch24%2,312319
The Solent20%3,267277
The Wash11%6,243196
Tokyo Bay16%4,120243
Torres Strait13%5,323217
Tsugaru Strait22%2,816294
Tyrrhenian Sea6%14,266154
Venetian Lagoon13%5,411216
Wadden Sea11%6,025199
Weddell Sea18%3,468266
White Sea9%7,548185
World Ocean1%39,397111
Yellow Sea10%7,099188

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