<Tr> <Th> Max . depth </Th> <Td> 4,652 m (15,262 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Islands </Th> <Td> Astola island, Basavaraja Durga Island, Lakshadweep, Piram Island, Pirotan, Socotra </Td> </Tr> <P> The Arabian Sea, also known as Sea of Oman, is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Peninsula, and on the east by India . 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 in the west, connects 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 has been crossed by important marine trade routes since the third or second millennium BCE . Major seaports include Kandla Port, Okha Port, Mumbai Port, Nhava Sheva Port (Navi Mumbai), Mormugão Port (Goa), New Mangalore Port and Kochi Port in India, the Port of Karachi and the Gwadar Port in Pakistan, Chabahar Port in Iran and the Port of Salalah in Oman . The largest islands in the Arabian Sea include Socotra (Yemen), Masirah Island (Oman), Lakshadweep (India) and Astola Island (Pakistan). </P>

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