Icarian Sea
The Icarian Sea is a subdivision of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between the Cyclades and Asia Minor. It is described as the part of the Aegean Sea to the south of Chios, to the east of the Eastern Cyclades and west of Anatolia.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Sea
- Description: marginal sea of the Mediterranean Sea
- Also known as: “Deryaya Îkarî”, “Deryaya Îkaryayî”, and “Ikaria meri”
Icarian Sea
- Categories: locality and body of water
- Location: Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.2009° or 37° 12′ 3″ north
Longitude
26.5686° or 26° 34′ 7″ east
Open location code
8G986H29+9F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=sea
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Icarian Sea” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰκάριον πέλαγος”
- Arabic: “بحر إيكاريا”
- Armenian: “Իկարիական ծով”
- Armenian: “Իկարոսի ծով”
- Azerbaijani: “İkari dənizi”
- Basque: “Ikaria itsasoa”
- Belarusian: “Ікарыйскае мора”
- Bulgarian: “Икарийско море”
- Catalan: “Mar d’Icària”
- Chinese: “伊卡利安海”
- Chuvash: “Икар тинĕсĕ”
- Czech: “Íkarské moře”
- Danish: “Ikariske Hav”
- Dutch: “Icarian Sea”
- Dutch: “Icarische Zee”
- Estonian: “Ikaría meri”
- Finnish: “Ikarianmeri”
- Finnish: “Ikaríanmeri”
- French: “mer Icarienne”
- French: “Mer Icarienne”
- German: “Ikarisches Meer”
- Greek: “Ικάριο πέλαγος”
- Hebrew: “הים האיקרי”
- Hungarian: “Ikáriai-tenger”
- Italian: “mare Icario”
- Japanese: “イーカリアー海”
- Japanese: “イカリア海”
- Kurdish: “Deryaya Îkaryayê”
- Latin: “Icarium mare”
- Latvian: “Ikarijas jūra”
- Lithuanian: “Ikarijos jūra”
- Polish: “Morze Ikaryjskie”
- Portuguese: “Mar Icário”
- Russian: “Икарийское море”
- Spanish: “Mar de Icaria”
- Spanish: “Mar Icaria”
- Spanish: “mar Icario”
- Swedish: “Ikariska havet”
- Turkish: “İkarya Denizi”
- Ukrainian: “Ікарійське море”
- Venetian: “Mar Icàrio”
- Western Armenian: “Իքարիօ ծով”
- Western Frisian: “Ikaryske See”
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