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Rank ⇵Body of Water ⇵Area (sq km) ⇵Average Depth (m) ⇵
1Pacific Ocean168,723,000Global
2Atlantic Ocean85,133,000Global
3Indian Ocean70,560,000Global
4Southern Ocean21,960,000Global
5Arctic Ocean15,558,000Global
6Philippine Sea5,695,000Pacific
7Coral Sea4,791,000Pacific
8Arabian Sea3,862,000Indian
9South China Sea3,500,000Pacific
10Sargasso Sea3,500,000Atlantic
11Weddell Sea2,800,000Southern
12Caribbean Sea2,754,000Atlantic
13Mediterranean Sea2,510,000Atlantic
14Gulf of Guinea2,350,000Atlantic
15Tasman Sea2,300,000Pacific
16Bay of Bengal2,172,000Indian
17Bering Sea2,000,000Pacific
18Sea of Okhotsk1,583,000Pacific
19Gulf of Mexico1,550,000Atlantic
20Barents Sea1,405,000Arctic
21Norwegian Sea1,383,000Atlantic
22Greenland Sea1,205,000Arctic
23Hudson Bay1,230,000Arctic
24Sea of Japan978,000Pacific
25East Siberian Sea936,000Arctic
26Andaman Sea797,700Indian
27Red Sea438,000Indian
28Black Sea436,400Atlantic
29Baltic Sea377,000Atlantic
30Yellow Sea380,000Pacific
31Chukchi Sea595,000Arctic
32Beaufort Sea476,000Arctic
33Laptev Sea700,000Arctic
34Kara Sea880,000Arctic
35Celebes Sea280,000Pacific
36Tyrrhenian Sea275,000Atlantic
37Ionian Sea169,000Atlantic
38Persian Gulf251,000Indian
39Gulf of Aden410,000Indian
40Oman Sea181,000Indian
41Baffin Bay689,000Arctic
42Java Sea320,000Pacific
43Banda Sea470,000Pacific
44Arafura Sea650,000Pacific
45Timor Sea610,000Indian
46Bismarck Sea400,000Pacific
47Solomon Sea720,000Pacific
48Ross Sea950,000Southern
49Bellingshausen Sea487,000Southern
50Amundsen Sea98,000Southern
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