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OAS seaname Detail for Sea of Azov
| seanames_id: | 2 |
|---|---|
| Seaname: | Sea of Azov |
| Sea code: | 31 |
| Definition: | The Sea of Azov, lying Northeast of the Black Sea and bounded by the coast of USSR, is a shallow enclosed sea connected only with the Black Sea through the Kerchenskiy Strait on the South. The common limit between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, in the southern entrance of the Kerchenskiy Strait, is the following: A line joining Cape Takil' (45 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds N - 36 degrees 26 minutes 50 seconds E), the southeastern extremity of Crimea Peninsula, eastward to Cape Panagiya (45 degrees 08 minutes N - 36 degrees 37 minutes 48 seconds E), the southwestern extremity of Tamanskiy Peninsula. |
| Citation: | Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2000-10-24 04:00:00+00 |