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Arabian Sea
Coordinates	18°N 66°E / 18°N 66°E / 18; 66
Basin countries	India, Iran, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen
Max. width	2,400 km (1,500 mi)
Surface area	3,862,000 km (1,491,000 sq mi)
Max. depth	4,652 m (15,262 ft)

The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by northeastern Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula, and on the east by India. An ancient name was the Erythraean Sea.

Alternative names

The Arabian Sea historically and geographically has been referred to by many different names by Arab travelers and European geographers, that include Sindhu Sagar, Erythraean Sea, Sindh Sea, and Akhzar Sea.

See also

• Tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea
• Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
• Erythraean Sea
• Piracy in Somalia

Notes

1. The Voyage around the Erythraean Sea
2. Geographica Indica - The Arabian Sea
3. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea:Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Arabian Sea (World Wildlife Fund)
• Al-Hind: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7Th-11th

• Arabian Peninsula
• Marine ecoregions
• Arabian Sea
• India–Pakistan border
• Oman–Yemen border
• Asia
• Bodies of water of India
• Seas of the Indian Ocean