Sea
Tasman Sea
The 2nd widest of the 17 seas measured in this atlas.
width 2,200 km · 2nd/17
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 2,300,000 km²
- 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.
- Maximum depth
- 5,994 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.
- Width
- 2,200 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.
- Named after
- Abel Tasman
- 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
- 2 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
- Q33254
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.
- Surface area2,300,000 km²8th of 43 · median 470,000 km²
- Maximum depth5,994 m8th of 50 · median 2,970 m
- Width2,200 km2nd of 17 · median 580 km
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