marginal sea

A marginal sea is a part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas. Unlike mediterranean seas, marginal seas have ocean currents caused by ocean winds.Many marginal seas are enclosed by island arcs that were formed from the subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another.Marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean:The Bering Sea (separated by the Aleutian Islands)The Chukchi Sea (separated by Wrangel Island and the Bering Strait)The Sea of Japan (by the Japanese Archipelago)The Sea of Okhotsk (by the Kurile Islands)The South China Sea (by the Philippines)The East China Sea (by the Ryukyu Islands)The Yellow Sea (by the Korean Peninsula)The Philippine Sea (by the Ogasawara Islands, the Mariana Islands, and Palau) The Coral Sea (by the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) The Tasman Sea (by New Zealand)
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