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world maritime boundaries atlas

About Hudson Bay, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 5 MIN READ

Hudson Bay is the summer home of up to 50,000 beluga whales ! Each July and August an estimated 50,000 beluga whales migrate south into river estuaries that flo

About East China Sea, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 4 MIN READ

East China Sea, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tung Hai or (Pinyin) Dong Hai, arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from

About Norwegian Sea, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 5 MIN READ

Norway, Iceland, and Denmark/Faroe Islands share the territorial waters of the Norwegian Sea, with the largest part belonging to the first. The Greenland, Icela

About Barents Sea, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 4 MIN READ

The Barents Sea is very important for the Norwegian fishing industry, since it is both a valuable growing-up area for several important species of fish and big

About Gulf of Alaska, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 3 MIN READ

The Gulf of Alaska is situated in the northern part of the North Pacific Ocean and bounded on the West by the coast of Alaska Peninsula, and on the north and th

About Gulf of Mexico, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 3 MIN READ

The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world. The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by five states of the United Stat

About Sea of Okhotsk, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 4 MIN READ

The Sea of Okhotsk is one of the world's richest in biological resources , with various kinds of fish, shellfish and crabs. The harsh conditions of crab fishing

About Bering Sea, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 4 MIN READ

Only 47 nautical miles wide at its narrowest point, the Strait itself lies within the territorial seas of the Russian Federation and the United States . The rem

About Bay of Bengal, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 5 MIN READ

The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanm

About Tasman Sea, facts and maps
By IILSSNET Editorial · 4 MIN READ

The sea was named for the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman, who navigated it in 1642. Its New Zealand and Australian shorelines were explored in the 1770s by the Bri

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