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Andaman or Burma Sea

The Andaman or Burma Sea is a sea of the Indian Ocean, covering 613,099 km² — the #37 largest of the world's 101 named ocean and sea areas. Here's how it ranks, what borders it, and the live conditions at its centre right now.

ANDAMAN OR BURMA SEA · THE FACTS
Parent oceanIndian Ocean
Area613,099 km²
Size rank#37 of 101
Larger than64% of named seas

Boundaries & area: Marine Regions (VLIZ), IHO Sea Areas v3 — from the IHO “Limits of Oceans & Seas” (S-23). MRGID 4274.

AT THE HEART OF THE ANDAMAN OR BURMA SEA · RIGHT NOW
Sea temperature29.5°C / 85.1°F
Wave height1.2 m
Surface current0.4 km/h NNW

Live from Open-Meteo Marine at 11.2°, 95.7° (the sea's representative centre). A near-real-time model estimate.

How deep is the Andaman or Burma Sea?

The IHO sea-area dataset that draws this map records each sea's name, boundary and surface area — not its depth, which varies enormously from the shallow shelf at its edges to its deepest trench. Rather than quote a single misleading number, we measure the water column directly: the live ocean currents trace its motion, and the deep-ocean layers (Argo floats and the descend-here column, coming to the Ocean canvas) read real temperature and depth as you go down.

SEE IT ON THE MAP

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