Extends 1,200 miles southeast from Suez to Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Separates coasts of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Maximum width 190 miles, depth 9,974 feet, area 174,000 square miles
Separates England's southern coast from France's northern coast. Area of 29,000 square miles, smallest European continental shelf sea. Current name likely derived from Dutch sea atlases of late 16th century
Earth's oceans form one global interconnected body of salt water. Five main oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. Smaller regions are called seas, gulfs, bays, straits
Connects Atlantic Ocean through English Channel and Norwegian Sea. Extends 970 km long and 580 km wide, covering 570,000 square km. Contains Dogger Bank, Devil's Hole, and other deep trenches
Drake Passage connects South America's Cape Horn to Antarctica's South Shetland Islands. Named after Sir Francis Drake, who discovered it in 1578. First navigated by Willem Schouten in 1616. First rowed across passage by six explorers in 2019
Continental shelf is submerged portion of continent under shallow shelf sea. Covers about 27 million km² area, 7% of ocean surface. Largest shelf is Siberian Shelf, stretching to 1,500 km width. Shelf break located at uniform depth of 140 m. Continental slope ranges from 1° to 10° with average angle of 3°