Seas Bordering the United States

Seven Seas Touching US Shores

The United States has coastline on the following seas (all part of larger oceans):

1. Gulf of Mexico (Atlantic) – FL, AL, MS, LA, TX
2. Atlantic Ocean – ME to FL (East Coast)
3. Caribbean Sea (Atlantic) – PR, USVI, FL Keys
4. Pacific Ocean – CA, OR, WA, AK (West Coast)
5. Bering Sea (Pacific) – AK (Aleutians, Bristol Bay)
6. Beaufort Sea (Arctic) – AK North Slope
7. Chukchi Sea (Arctic) – AK NW coast

Additional Notes

• Salish Sea (inland: Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Georgia Strait) – WA.
• Long Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay – major estuaries.
• US also borders Lake Erie, Lake Ontario (Great Lakes – freshwater seas).