
Philomene A. Verlaan
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Oceanographer and attorney. Author of South Asian Seas: A Review of the Oceanography, Resources and Environment.
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Bay of Bengal, large but relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean, occupying an area of about 839,000 square miles (2,173,000 square km). It lies roughly between latitudes 5° and 22° N and longitudes 80° and 90° E. It is bordered by Sri Lanka and India to the west, Bangladesh…
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