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940:Sea of Crete
930:Sea of Åland
925:Sargasso Sea
900:Ligurian Sea
885:Labrador Sea
875:Irminger Sea
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1271:Visayan Sea
1251:Solomon Sea
1246:Sibuyan Sea
1241:Shantar Sea
1196:Molucca Sea
1191:Mar de Grau
1121:Chilean Sea
1116:Celebes Sea
1111:Camotes Sea
1076:Arafura Sea
988:Arabian Sea
983:Andaman Sea
935:Sea of Azov
910:Myrtoan Sea
725:Alboran Sea
677:Pechora Sea
672:Lincoln Sea
642:Chukchi Sea
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1276:Yellow Sea
1266:Tasman Sea
1211:Salish Sea
1091:Bering Sea
998:Flores Sea
965:Wadden Sea
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865:Ionian Sea
860:Hudson Bay
805:Foxe Basin
795:Celtic Sea
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745:Baffin Bay
720:Aegean Sea
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1706:Athletics
1606:Languages
1466:Geography
1440:Europeans
1231:Seram Sea
1201:Moro Gulf
1126:Coral Sea
1106:Bohol Sea
1101:Bohai Sea
1086:Banda Sea
1058:Timor Sea
915:North Sea
880:James Bay
870:Irish Sea
780:Black Sea
697:White Sea
604:Somov Sea
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1721:Football
1678:Religion
1534:Politics
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1368:Category
1304:Dead Sea
1294:Aral Sea
1261:Sulu Sea
1216:Savu Sea
1186:Koro Sea
1181:Java Sea
1081:Bali Sea
662:Kara Sea
594:Ross Sea
460:23 March
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