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Seto Inland Sea

The Seto Inland Sea is the body of water between the islands of , and . With countless islands crisscrossed by bridges and ferries, a warm climate and low rainfall, this is fertile territory for olives and citrus and is often described as "Japan's Mediterranean Sea".
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  • Type: Sea
  • Description: Japanese water body between Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū
  • Also known as: “Inland Sea”, “Naikai”, “Seto Naikai”, “Seto no Uchi”, “Seto Uchi”, “Setonaikai”, “Setouchi Sea”, and “Setouti”

Seto Inland Sea

Latitude
34.3333° or 34° 20′ north
Longitude
133.5° or 133° 30′ east
Open location code
8Q6M8GM2+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305640098
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­sea
Geo­Names ID
1852650
Wiki­data ID
Q231312
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Seto Inland Sea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البحر الداخلي”
  • Arabic: “بحر اليابان الداخلي”
  • Arabic: “بحر سيتو الداخلي”
  • Armenian: “Ներքին Ճապոնական ծով”
  • Asturian: “mar de Seto”
  • Asturian: “Mar Interior de Seto”
  • Azerbaijani: “Daxili Yapon dənizi”
  • Basque: “Setoko Barne Itsasoa”
  • Belarusian: “Унутранае Японскае мора”
  • Bengali: “সেতো অন্তর্দেশীয় সাগর”
  • Bosnian: “Unutrašnje Seto more”
  • Bulgarian: “Вътрешно Японско море”
  • Catalan: “mar de Seto”
  • Catalan: “mar interior de Seto”
  • Catalan: “Mar Interior de Seto”
  • Catalan: “mar interior del Japó”
  • Catalan: “mar Interior”
  • Catalan: “Seto Naikai”
  • Chinese: “Lōa-hō͘ lāi-hái”
  • Chinese: “濑户内海”
  • Chinese: “瀨戶內海”
  • Chinese: “瀬戸内海”
  • Chuvash: “Шалти Япон тинĕсĕ”
  • Croatian: “Unutarnje more”
  • Czech: “Seto”
  • Czech: “Vnitřní moře”
  • Dutch: “Japanse Binnenzee”
  • Dutch: “Seto-zee”
  • Eastern Mari: “Внутреннее Японское море”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кӧргӧ Япон теҥыз”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кӧргысӧ Япон теҥыз”
  • Esperanto: “Interna maro”
  • Esperanto: “Setinterna maro”
  • Estonian: “Jaapani Sisemeri”
  • Estonian: “Seto”
  • Finnish: “Japanin sisämeri”
  • Finnish: “Seton sisämeri”
  • French: “Mer interieure de Seto”
  • French: “mer intérieure de Seto”
  • French: “Mer intérieure de Seto”
  • French: “Mer Intérieure de Seto”
  • Galician: “Mar Interior de Seto”
  • Georgian: “იაპონიის შიგა ზღვა”
  • German: “Inlandsee”
  • German: “Seto-Binnenmeer”
  • German: “Seto-Inlandsee”
  • German: “Setonaikai”
  • Greek: “Εσωτερική Θάλασσα Σέτο”
  • Greek: “Εσωτερική Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας”
  • Greek: “Εσωτερική Θάλασσα του Σέτο”
  • Hebrew: “הים הפנימי סטו”
  • Hebrew: “הים הפנימי”
  • Hindi: “सेतो अंतर्देशीय सागर”
  • Hungarian: “Seto-beltenger”
  • Hungarian: “Szeto-beltenger”
  • Hungarian: “Szetó-beltenger”
  • Icelandic: “Japanska innhafið”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Dalam Negeri”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Pedalaman Seto”
  • Italian: “Mare interno di Seto”
  • Japanese: “瀬戸内海”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Ич Япон тенгиз”
  • Korean: “세토 내해”
  • Korean: “세토나이카이”
  • Korean: “세토내해”
  • Kurdish: “Deryaya Hindir a Seto”
  • Kurdish: “Deryayê Hindirê Seto”
  • Kurdish: “Tengava Inlandsee”
  • Kurdish: “دەریایێ حندرێ سەتۆ”
  • Latvian: “Japānas iekšējā jūra”
  • Latvian: “Seto jūra”
  • Literary Chinese: “瀨戶內海”
  • Lithuanian: “Japonijos vidinė jūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidinė Japonijos jūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidinė jūra”
  • Macedonian: “Внатрешно Јапонско Море”
  • Macedonian: “Сето”
  • Macedonian: “Сетско Море”
  • Malay: “Laut Pedalaman Seto”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lōa-hō͘ lāi-hái”
  • Mingrelian: “იაპონიაშ დინოხოლენი ზუღა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Innlandshavet”
  • Norwegian: “Innlandshavet”
  • Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
  • Persian: “دریای داخلی ستو”
  • Polish: “Morze Wewnętrzne”
  • Polish: “Seto Naikai”
  • Polish: “Wewnętrzne Morze Japońskie”
  • Polish: “Wewnętrzne Morze Seto”
  • Portuguese: “Mar Interior de Seto”
  • Portuguese: “Mar Interior”
  • Russian: “Внутреннее Японское море”
  • Russian: “Море Сэто”
  • Scots: “Seto Inland Sea”
  • Serbian: “Унутрашње море”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Unutarnje more”
  • Sinhala: “සෙටෝ අභ්‍යන්තර මුහුද”
  • Slovak: “Vnútorné more”
  • Slovenian: “Notranje morje Seto”
  • Slovenian: “Notranje morje”
  • South Azerbaijani: “داخیلی ژاپون دنیزی”
  • Spanish: “mar de Seto”
  • Spanish: “mar interior de Seto”
  • Spanish: “Mar interior de Seto”
  • Spanish: “Mar Interior de Seto”
  • Spanish: “Mediterráneo Japonés”
  • Spanish: “Seto Naikai”
  • Spanish: “Seto-naikai”
  • Swahili: “Bahari ya Seto”
  • Swedish: “Japanska innanhavet”
  • Tagalog: “Panloob na Dagat”
  • Thai: “ทะเลเซโตะ”
  • Thai: “ทะเลเซะโตะ”
  • Thai: “ทะเลใน”
  • Thai: “ทะเลในเซโตะ”
  • Turkish: “Japon İç Denizi”
  • Turkish: “Seto İç Denizi”
  • Ukrainian: “Внутрішнє море Сето”
  • Ukrainian: “Внутрішнє Японське море”
  • Ukrainian: “Сето Найкай”
  • Urdu: “بحیرہ سيتو داخلی”
  • Venetian: “Mar Interior de Seto”
  • Vietnamese: “biển Lại Hộ”
  • Vietnamese: “biển nội địa Seto”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển nội địa Seto”
  • Vietnamese: “biển Seto”
  • Vietnamese: “Lại Hộ nội hải”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Inland Sea”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sulod nga Dagat han Seto”
  • Western Armenian: “Ճափոնի ներքին ծով”
  • Western Frisian: “Japanske Binnensee”
  • Wu Chinese: “濑户内海”
  • Yakut: “Дьоппуон Иһинээҕи байҕала”
  • Yue Chinese: “瀨戶內海”

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