| Arabian Sea | |
|---|---|
| بَحرُ ٱلْعَرَبْ (Arabic) | |
 The Arabian Sea as defined by the International Hydrographic Organization | |
| Location | East Africa, West Asia and South Asia |
| Coordinates | 14°N 65°E / 14°N 65°E |
| Type | Sea |
| Part of | Indian Ocean |
| Basin countries | India Iran Maldives Oman Pakistan Seychelles Somalia Sri Lanka Yemen |
| Max. width | 2,400 km (1,500 mi) |
| Surface area | 3,862,000 km2 (1,491,000 sq mi) (3,600,000 to 4,600,000 km2 in various sources) |
| Max. depth | 4,652 m (15,262 ft) |
| Islands | Astola island, Basavaraj Durga Island, Bundal Island, Charna Island, Clifton Oyster Rocks, Khiprianwala Island, Lakshadweep, Malan Island, Manora Island, Masirah Island, Piram Island, Pirotan, Shams Pir, Socotra Archipelago |
The Arabian Sea (Arabic: بَحرُ ٱلْعَرَبْ, romanized: baḥr al-ʿarab)[1] is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and on the southeast by the Laccadive Sea[2] and the Maldives, on the southwest by Somalia.[3] Its total area is 3,862,000 km2 (1,491,000 sq mi) and its maximum depth is 5,395 meters (17,700 feet). The Gulf of Aden in the west connects the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea through the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, and the Gulf of Oman is in the northwest, connecting it to the Persian Gulf.
- ^ "Arabian Sea". UNBIS Thesaurus. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Banse, Karl, and Charles R. McClain. "Winter blooms of phytoplankton in the Arabian Sea as observed by the Coastal Zone Color Scanner." Marine Ecology Progress Series (1986): 201-211.
- ^ Pham, J. Peter. "Putting Somali piracy in context." Journal of Contemporary African Studies 28.3 (2010): 325-341.