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Arabian Sea

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Area
3.86M km²
Coordinates
15.0000, 63.0000
Category
oceans

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Northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean, vital to ancient maritime trade.

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The Arabian Sea is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and on the southeast by the Laccadive Sea and the Maldives, and on the southwest by Somalia. Its total area is 3,862,000 km2 (1,491,000 sq mi) and its maximum depth is 5,395 meters.

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