Bohai Sea
The Bohai Sea is a gulf/inland sea approximately 77,000 km2 in area on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects via the Bohai Strait.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Bay
- Description: sea in China
- Also known as: “Beizhili Gulf”, “biển Bột Hải”, “Bó Hăi”, “Bo Hai Körfezi”, “Bo Hai-havet”, “Bohai (zee)”, “Bohai Golko”, “Bohai Gulf”, “Bohai more”, “Bohai Zee”, “Bohai-bukta”, “Bohai-Golf”, “Bohai-havet”, “Bohai-maro”, “Bohai-Meer”, “Bohai-See”, “Bohaibukta”, “Bohaj-golfo”, “Chih-li-bukten”, “Chih-li-hai Wan”, “Golf de Bohai”, “Golf van Bohai”, “Golf von Tschi-Li”, “Golfe de Petcheli”, “Golfe-Petcheli”, “golfo de Bohai”, “golfo de Chihli”, “golfo de Pechihli”, “Gulf of Beizhili”, “Gulf of Bohai”, “Gulf of Chihli”, “Gulf of Pe-Chili”, “Gulf of Pechili”, “Po-hai Wan”, “Pochjaský záliv”, “vịnh Bột Hải”, “Zhiligolfen”, “Zhiliviken”, “Бохайское море”, “Бохайська затока”, “Печилийский залив”, “Чжилийский залив”, “ბოხაი”, “ბოხაის ზღვა”, “ბოხაის ყურე”, “ბოჰაი”, “ბოჰაის ზღვა”, “ბოჰაის ყურე”, “خلیج بوهای”, “خلیج عقبه”, “बोहाय सागर”, “라이저우 만”, “발해해”, “보하이”, “渤海海峡”, “渤海湾”, “莱州湾”, and “遼東湾”
Bohai Sea
- Categories: marginal sea and body of water
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
38.87393° or 38° 52′ 26″ north
Longitude
119.80591° or 119° 48′ 21″ east
Open location code
8PCXVRF4+H9
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bohai Sea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحر بوهاي”
- Armenian: “Բոհայվան (ծոց)”
- Armenian: “Բոհայվան”
- Asturian: “Mar de Bohai”
- Azerbaijani: “Bohai dənizi”
- Azerbaijani: “Boxayvan”
- Balinese: “Segara Bohai”
- Basque: “Bohai itsasoa”
- Belarusian: “Бахайскі заліў”
- Bosnian: “Bohajsko more”
- Bulgarian: “Бохайско море”
- Catalan: “Bo Hai”
- Cebuano: “Bohai Wan”
- Chinese: “渤海”
- Cornish: “Mor Bohai”
- Croatian: “Bohajsko more”
- Czech: “Pochajské moře”
- Danish: “Bohaihavet”
- Dutch: “Bohai”
- Dutch: “Bohaizee”
- Esperanto: “Bohaj-maro”
- Estonian: “Bo Hai”
- Finnish: “Bohainmeri”
- French: “Golfe de Bohai”
- French: “mer de Bohai”
- French: “Mer de Bohai”
- Galician: “Mar de Bohai”
- Georgian: “ბოხაივანი”
- Georgian: “პოხაივანი”
- German: “Golf von Bohai”
- Greek: “Θάλασσα Μποχάι”
- Hausa: “Kogin Bohai”
- Hebrew: “ים בוהאי”
- Hindi: “बोहाई सागर”
- Hungarian: “Pohaj-tenger”
- Icelandic: “Bóhaíhaf”
- Iloko: “Baybay Bohai”
- Indonesian: “Laut Bohai”
- Italian: “Mare di Bohai”
- Japanese: “渤海”
- Khmer: “សមុទ្របូហៃ”
- Korean: “보하이해”
- Latin: “Mare Bohaiense”
- Latvian: “Bohai jūra”
- Literary Chinese: “渤海”
- Lithuanian: “Bohajaus įlanka”
- Luxembourgish: “Golf vu Bohai”
- Macedonian: “Бохајско Море”
- Malay: “Laut Bohai”
- Marathi: “बोहाय समुद्र”
- Mazanderani: “بوهای”
- Mazanderani: “پوهای دریو”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Buŏk-hāi”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pu̍t-hái”
- Mingrelian: “ბოხაივანი”
- Mongolian: “Бохайн тэнгис”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bohai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bohai”
- Norwegian: “Bohai”
- Panjabi: “ਬੋਹਾਈ ਸਾਗਰ”
- Persian: “دریای بوهای”
- Polish: “Zatoka Pohaj”
- Portuguese: “Mar de Bohai”
- Russian: “Бохайвань”
- Russian: “Бохайский залив”
- Scots: “Bohai Sea”
- Serbian: “Bohajsko more”
- Serbian: “Бохајско море”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bohajsko more”
- Slovenian: “Bohajsko morje”
- Spanish: “mar de Bohai”
- Spanish: “Mar de Bohai”
- Swahili: “Bahari ya Bohai”
- Swedish: “Bohai”
- Thai: “ทะเลปั๋วไห่”
- Turkish: “Bohai Denizi”
- Ukrainian: “Бохайвань”
- Urdu: “بحیرہ بوہای”
- Venetian: “Mar de Bohai”
- Vietnamese: “Bột Hải”
- Waray (Philippines): “Dagat Bohai”
- Welsh: “Môr Bohai”
- Western Frisian: “Bohaisee”
- Wu Chinese: “渤海”
- Yue Chinese: “渤海”
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