It appears that Sebastian Cabot, in 1517, first penetrated to this gulf, but did not view it as an enclosed sea, being convinced that if the commander, Sir Thomas Pert, had persevered, he might have reached the coast of India or China.
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The boundary agreed in 1968 extends and consists of 43 points connected by straight lines or circular internal sea of the EU . The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines the Adriatic Sea as an enclosed or semi-enclosed sea.
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Sited at the end of a largely enclosed sea, the lagoon is subject to high variations in water level, the most extreme being the spring tides known as the " " ( Italian for " high water " ), which regularly flood much of Venice.
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Collina-Girard's hypothesis states that during the most recent Glacial Maximum of the Ice Age sea level was 135 m below its current level, narrowing the Gibraltar Strait and creating a small half-enclosed sea measuring 70 km by 20 km between the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean.
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To the extent that it still has a blue-water capability, the Russian Navy's fleet is centred around Kola Bay and to a lesser extent Vladivostok-the Russian Navy doesn't harbour ( sic ) any fantasy about maintaining a strategic ocean-going presence from enclosed seas like the Baltic and Black Sea.
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In awarding the Prize, the committee noted that " A famous photograph of a Canadian lake drew attention to the effects of phosphorus and played an important part in generating public support for tackling the growing problem of eutrophication, an over-abundance of nutrients in aquatic systems and one of the most serious environmental threats facing freshwater bodies and semi-enclosed seas like the Baltic.
