Sea
Sea of Japan
The 5th widest of the 17 seas measured in this atlas.
width 1,072 km · 5th/17
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Maximum depth
- 3,742 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 2,254 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 1,072 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Coastal countries
- 4 countries
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Wikidata
- Q27092
Among the world's seas
Each line is every one of the seas in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Maximum depth3,742 m19th of 50 · median 2,970 m
- Length2,254 km3rd of 10 · median 1,088 km
- Width1,072 km5th of 17 · median 580 km
Connections
Coastal countries
Neighboring seas