Andaman Sea

E26165

marginal sea sea

The Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean, lying between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula, known for its rich marine biodiversity and popular tropical diving destinations.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Andaman Sea canonical	128
Andaman Sea region	5
Andaman Sea (wider region)	1
Andaman Sea basin	1
Andaman Sea drainage basin	1
Andaman Sea–Bay of Bengal region	1
Southeast Bay of Bengal	1
eastern Andaman Sea	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
basinCountry	India ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
borderedBy	Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ Malay Peninsula west coast ⓘ Arakan ⓘ surface form: Myanmar coast Thai coast ⓘ
climate	tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
connectedTo	Bay of Bengal ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Strait of Malacca ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fisheries ⓘ shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	active tectonic setting ⓘ deep central basin ⓘ narrow continental shelf in many areas ⓘ numerous islands ⓘ submarine canyons ⓘ
hasIslandGroup	Andaman Islands ⓘ Mergui Archipelago ⓘ Nicobar Islands ⓘ Phi Phi Islands ⓘ Similan Islands ⓘ Surin Islands ⓘ
hasThreat	coastal development ⓘ coral bleaching ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ overfishing ⓘ
knownFor	coral reefs ⓘ mangrove forests ⓘ rich marine biodiversity ⓘ seagrass meadows ⓘ tropical diving destinations ⓘ
locatedBetween	Andaman Islands ⓘ Malay Peninsula ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nicobar Islands ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
oceanRegion	northeastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf	eastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
popularFor	marine ecotourism ⓘ scuba diving ⓘ snorkeling ⓘ
waterType	saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (139)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands → borderedByWaterBody → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Thailand → hasCoastOn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Southeast Asia → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Indian Ocean → containsSea → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Andaman and Nicobar Command → region → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Campbell Bay National Park → borders → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Sentinelese → maritimeZone → Andaman Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andaman Sea–Bay of Bengal region

Myanmar → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Bay of Bengal → connectedTo → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Sumatra → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

southern Thailand → bordersBodyOfWater → Andaman Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Thailand

Great Nicobar Island → hasCoastlineOn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Ritchie’s Archipelago → locatedIn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andaman Sea region

Krabi → hasCoastlineOn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Strait of Malacca → connects → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Malay Peninsula → separates → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Malay Peninsula → bordersBodyOfWater → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Irrawaddy River → mouth → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Irrawaddy River → flowsInto → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Sunda Trench → nearbySea → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Tenasserim → locatedOn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Western Indo-Pacific → includes → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Indochinese Peninsula → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

ANC → regionServed → Andaman Sea ⓘ

INS Utkrosh → supportsOperationsIn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Eastern Naval Command → theater → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Andaman district → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Nicobar district → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

INS Baaz → nearbyWaterBody → Andaman Sea ⓘ

North and Middle Andaman district → surroundedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

North Sentinel Island → locatedIn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andaman Sea region

Andaman Islands → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Phuket → locatedIn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Salween River → mouth → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Salween River → emptiesInto → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Nicobar Islands → borderedBy → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Aceh → bordersBodyOfWater → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Little Nicobar → locatedInRegion → Andaman Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southeast Bay of Bengal

India–Southeast Asia → locatedOn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

East Indies → containsImportantWaterBody → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Nimbutala → hasGeographicalFeatureNearby → Andaman Sea ⓘ

western Indonesia → hasSea → Andaman Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Indonesia

Phi Phi Islands → locatedIn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Similan Islands → locatedIn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Mergui Archipelago → locatedIn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Mergui Archipelago → seaArea → Andaman Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andaman Sea basin

Duncan Passage → locatedNear → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Trang → locatedOn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Trang → hasCoastlineOn → Andaman Sea ⓘ

Trang → nearestMajorSea → Andaman Sea ⓘ