The majority of the surface of Adnati is covered by water, with the greatest ocean depths extending tens of thousands of feet deep. Though the full depths cannot be measured, some have speculated that the deepest trenches may be as deep as the tallest mountain peaks are high.
The “Ten Seas of Adnati” consist of three oceans and six or seven saltwater seas.
Oceans
There are three saltwater oceans on Adnati: Denali Ocean, Farage Ocean, and Nordlige Ocean. They are distinguished from the other seas simply by virtue of their immense size in comparison to the other seas.
Denali Ocean
Nicknamed the “Eastern Sea” by people on the continent of Lenoch, the Denali Ocean stretches more than 4,500 miles north-south and 6,600 miles east-west. It is centered at approximately 178 degrees longitude and -22 degrees latitude, though it extends well above and below the equator. It is one of three oceans on Adnati.
It is bordered by the continent of Lenoch to the west and by the continent of Zhraig Essex to the north, east, and partially to the south.
It is the sole sea or ocean that connects to the Galem Sea. It also connects to the Jinzi Sea.
Farage Ocean
The Farage Ocean is over 4,000 miles wide and 5,000 miles high, centered at about -15 degrees longitude and -22 degrees latitude. It is located to the west of the continent of Lenoch, east of the continent of Maytässa, south of the westernmost portion of Zhraig Wessex, and north of the icy polar continent Jaynään. It is one of the three oceans on Adnati.
Nordlige Ocean
The Nordlige Ocean is the only one of Adnati’s three major oceans to be fully located in the northern hemisphere. It is centered at about -113 longitude and 63 degrees latitude, including extending over the North Pole, though the water there is frozen solid year-round. It appears to the north and sides of the joined continents of Zhraig Wessex and Zhraig Essex.
Seas
In addition to Adnati’s three great oceans, there are six or seven (depending how they are defined) somewhat smaller seas. One of those seas, the Galem Sea, is sometimes defined as two separate seas: the Northern Galem Sea and the Southern Galem Sea.
Galem Sea
The Galem Sea falls directly below the imaginary divider between the continents of Zhraig Wessex and Zhraig Essex. It consists of four bubbles that are sometimes defined separately, with the two northern bubbles called the Northern Galem Sea and the two southern bubbles called the Southern Galem Sea.
The southern-most bubble opens into the Denali Ocean.
Jinzi Sea
The southern-most sea separates the southern continent of Jaynään from the rest of Adnati, particularly the continent of Lenoch.
Marquez Sea
The Marquez Sea, centered at the equator at about 80 degrees longitude, is Adnati’s only completely landlocked saltwater sea, as it is surrounded within the continent of Lenoch. Some have argued that it should instead be defined as a salt lake, but scholars have nevertheless chosen to define it as an inland sea. It is approximately 2,400 miles high, north-south, and a thousand miles wide, east-west.
Siléä Sea
The Siléä Sea, whose main body is centered at 79 degrees longitude and 38 degrees latitude, is located south of the continent Zhraig Wessex and north of the continent Lenoch. It is sometimes called the “Sea of Glass” because it is relatively calmer than Adnati’s other oceans and seas. It is over 2,000 miles wide and 1,600 miles high.
Sonai Sea
Centered at approximately 33 degrees longitude and 20 degrees latitude, the Sonai Sea is bounded by Zhraig Wessex to the north and Lenoch to the south and east. The great island of Lumadair marks where the western edge of the Sonai Sea runs into the Farage Ocean. Its name comes from the Sonaide Bri, the human culture from the portions of Zhraig Wessex and northwestern Lenoch that border the Sonai Sea. The eastern portion that touches Lenoch is called the Gulf of Powys, named after the kingdom of Powys that touches the gulf.
Thalassa Sea
Located south of Sonai Sea, Thalassa Sea is centered just north of the equator at 42 degrees longitude. It is bound by the continent of Lenoch to the east and south, and by the great island of Lumadair to the west. It is approximately 1,400 miles wide and 1,450 miles high.