<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 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 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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