What is Arabian Sea?
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Arabian Sea | native_name =بَحرُ ٱلْعَرَبْ | native_name_lang =ar | image = Arabian Sea - n22e70.jpg | alt = center | caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | image_bathymetry = Arabian Sea map.png | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | coordinates = {{coord|14|N|65|E|type:waterbody_scale:10000000|display=inline,title}} | type = [[Sea]] | part_of = [[Indian Ocean]] | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = [[India]], [[Iran]], [[Maldives]], [[Oman]], [[Pakistan]], [[Yemen]], [[Seychelles]] | designation = | length = | width = {{convert|2400|km|mi|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|3862000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} (3,600,000 to 4,600,000&nbsp;km2 in various sources) | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|4652|m|ft|abbr=on}} | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = | elevation = | frozen = | islands = [[Astola island]], [[Basavaraja Durga Island]], [[Lakshadweep]], [[Masirah Island]], [[Piram Island]], [[Pirotan]], [[Socotra]] | sections = | islands_category = | trenches = | benches = | cities = | website = | reference = }} [[File:Locatie Arabische Zee.PNG|thumb|250px|Map of the Arabian Sea.]] [[File:Arabian Sea people.jpg|thumb|Pakistani people bathing in the Arabian Sea]] The '''Arabian Sea''' is the northwest part of the [[Indian Ocean]]. To its west are the [[Guardafui Channel]], [[Somali Sea]] and the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. To its east is the [[Indian Peninsula]]. It covers around {{convert|4600000|km|mi|abbr=off}}. The Arabian Sea is one of the warmest [[sea]]s. ==Limits== The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the limits of the Arabian Sea as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf |title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition |year=1953 |publisher=International Hydrographic Organization |access-date=7 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207191813/https://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S-23_Ed3_1953