<P> The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the northeast and east by the Indian Peninsula on the west by Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula , on the north by Pakistan and Iran and on the South by the Maldives . Historically the sea has been known by other names including the Erythraean Sea and the Persian Sea . Its total area is 3,862,000 km ( 1,491,000 sq mi ) and its maximum depth is 4,652 metres ( 15,262 ft ) . The Gulf of Aden is in the southwest , connecting the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea through the strait of Bab - el - Mandeb , and the Gulf of Oman is in the northwest , connecting it to the Persian Gulf . </P>
<P> The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the northeast and east by the Indian Peninsula on the west by Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula , on the north by Pakistan and Iran and on the South by the Maldives . Historically the sea has been known by other names including the Erythraean Sea and the Persian Sea . Its total area is 3,862,000 km ( 1,491,000 sq mi ) and its maximum depth is 4,652 metres ( 15,262 ft ) . The Gulf of Aden is in the southwest , connecting the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea through the strait of Bab - el - Mandeb , and the Gulf of Oman is in the northwest , connecting it to the Persian Gulf . </P>
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the ocean that touches the indian coast is the
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean