Ocean (Civ6)

Ocean is a base terrain in Civilization VI. It comprises all water tiles which are outside the shelf area, farther from land.
* Base yields:
** 1 
* Impassable for sea travel before discovering Cartography
== Strategy ==
Ocean tiles, unlike Coast tiles, provide nothing for a city except s. Fortunately (since you cannot found a city in the water, like in the Rising Tide expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth), you usually won't need to worry about that, because you will have few or no Ocean tiles close enough for a city to work.
For all naval and embarked units, Oceans are impassible until the Cartography technology is researched (or for Norway, the Shipbuilding tech, and for the Māori, no tech). Thus, they present an insurmountable obstacle to early game exploration, and it is usual for different continents to remain separate (without contact with each other) until someone researches the necessary tech to sail in ocean. However, there is one other way to brave the open ocean: recruiting and retiring Leif Erikson, a Medieval Era Great Admiral, allows you to cross Oceans.
With Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, Seasteads can be constructed to improve these tiles.
== Ocean names ==
Gathering Storm introduced a new mechanic in which Oceans can have different names. Below is the list of the names:
Ocean 	Notes
Antarctic Ocean 	
Arctic Ocean 	
Atlantic Ocean 	
Iapetus Ocean 	Primordial ocean that used to exist between 600 million to 400 million years ago.
Indian Ocean 	
Pacific Ocean 	
Panthalassic Ocean	Primordial superocean that surrounded Pangaea.
Rheic Ocean 	Primordial ocean that existed 540 million years ago.
Tethys Ocean 	Primordial ocean that existed to the east of Pangaea.
==Sea names==
Gathering Storm introduced a new mechanic in which Seas and Bays can have different names based on the first civilization that finds them. Below is the list of the names and civilization of origin:
Sea 	Civilization 	Notes
Abu Qir Bay 	Egypt 	
Adriatic Sea 	Hungary, Rome 	
Aegean Sea 	Byzantium, Greece, Macedon, Ottomans 	
Ago Bay 	Japan 	
Alauquén 	Mapuche 	
Alboran Sea 	Phoenicia, Spain 	
All Saints' Bay 	Brazil 	
Amatique Bay 	Maya 	
Andaman Sea 	India, Indonesia, Khmer 	
Arabian Sea 	Arabia, India 	
Arafura Sea 	Australia, Indonesia 	
Baffin Bay 	Canada 	
Baía de São José 	Brazil 	
Baía de São Marcos 	Brazil 	
Baie de la Seine 	France 	
Baie de Somme 	France 	
Baltic Sea 	Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden 	
Banda Sea 	Indonesia 	
Bay of Angra 	Portugal 	
Bay of Arauco 	Mapuche 	
Bay of Arguin 	Mali 	
Bay of Beirut 	Phoenicia 	
Bay of Bengal 	India 	
Bay of Biscay 	France, Gaul, Spain 	
Bay of Campeche 	Aztec, Maya 	
Bay of Concepción 	Mapuche 	
Bay of Fundy 	America, Canada 	
Bay of Gibraltar 	Spain 	
Bay of Kompong Som 	Khmer 	
Bay of Mecklenburg 	Germany 	
Bay of Pomerania 	Poland 	
Bay of Refugo 	Portugal 	
Bay of Santander 	Spain 	
Beaufort Sea 	America, Canada 	
Bering Sea 	America, Russia 	
Bismarck Sea 	 	
Black Sea 	Byzantium, Georgia, Ottomans, Persia, Russia, Scythia 	
Botany Bay 	Australia 	
Bo Hai 	China, Korea 	
Bracklesham Bay 	England 	
Bridgwater Bay 	England 	
Bristol Channel 	England 	
Busan Bay 	Korea 	
Caribbean Sea 	Gran Colombia, Maya 	
Caspian Sea 	Mongolia, Persia, Russia, Scythia 	
Caulín Bay 	Mapuche 	
Celebes Sea 	Indonesia 	
Celtic Sea 	England, France 	
Ceram Sea 	Indonesia 	
Chesapeake Bay 	America 	
Chukchi Sea 	America, Russia 	
Coral Sea 	Australia 	
Dollart 	Germany, Netherlands 	
East China Sea 	China, Japan, Mongolia 	
East Siberian Sea 	Russia 	
Edsviken 	Sweden 	
English Channel 	England, France, Gaul 	
Firth of Clyde 	Scotland 	
Firth of Forth 	Scotland 	
Flensburg Firth 	Germany 	
Flores Sea 	Indonesia 	
Foul Bay 	Egypt, Nubia 	
Frobisher Bay 	Canada 	
Funchal Bay 	Portugal 	
Gdańsk Bay 	Poland 	
Genkai Sea 	Japan 	
Georgian Bay 	Canada 	
German Bight 	Germany, Netherlands 	
Great Australian Bight 	Australia 	
Greenland Sea 	Norway 	
Guanabara Bay 	Brazil 	
Gulf of Aden 	Arabia 	
Gulf of Alaska 	America 	
Gulf of Aqaba 	Arabia, Egypt 	
Gulf of Bothnia 	Sweden 	
Gulf of Cádiz 	Portugal, Spain 	
Gulf of California 	 	
Gulf of Carpentaria 	Australia 	
Gulf of Corinth 	Greece 	
Gulf of Darién 	Gran Colombia 	
Gulf of Finland 	Russia 	
Gulf of Gabès 	Phoenicia 	
Gulf of Guayaquil 	Inca, Gran Colombia 	
Gulf of Guinea 	Kongo 	
Gulf of Hammamet 	Phoenicia 	
Gulf of Honduras 	Maya 	
Gulf of Izmir 	Byzantium, Ottomans 	
Gulf of Lion 	France 	
Gulf of Mannar 	India 	
Gulf of Mexico 	America, Aztec 	
Gulf of Morbihan 	France 	
Gulf of Oman 	Arabia, Persia 	
Gulf of Panama 	Gran Colombia 	
Gulf of Papua 	 	
Gulf of Paria 	Gran Colombia 	
Gulf of Roses 	Spain 	
Gulf of Saint Lawrence 	America, Canada 	
Gulf of Suez 	Egypt 	
Gulf of Tehuantepec 	Aztec 	
Gulf of Thailand 	Khmer, Vietnam 	
Gulf of Tonkin 	China, Vietnam 	
Gulf of Toroneos 	Macedon 	
Gulf of Tunis 	Phoenicia 	
Gulf of Valencia 	Spain 	
Gulf of Venezuela 	Gran Colombia 	
Gwangpo Bay 	Korea 	
Hann Bay 	Mali 	
Hanöbukten 	Sweden 	
Hardangerfjorden 	Norway 	
Heligoland Bight 	Germany 	
Hudson Bay 	Canada, Cree 	
Ionian Sea 	Greece, Rome 	
Irish Sea 	England, Scotland 	
Jade Bight 	Germany 	
Jawa Sea 	Indonesia 	
Jervis Bay 	Australia 	
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf 	Australia 	
Kanholmsfjärden 	Sweden 	
Kara Sea 	Russia 	
Korea Bay 	Korea 	
Kosi Bay 	Zulu 	
Labrador Sea 	Canada 	
Lake Maracaibo 	Gran Colombia 	
Lakshadweep Sea 	India 	
Laptev Sea 	Russia 	
Levantine Sea 	Byzantium, Ottomans, Phoenicia 	
Libyan Sea 	Phoenicia 	
Ligurian Sea 	France, Rome 	
Lincoln Sea 	Canada 	
Massachusetts Bay 	America 	
Mediterranean Sea 	Arabia, Byzantium, Egypt, France, Gaul, Greece, Macedon, Ottomans, Phoenicia, Rome, Spain	
Molucca Sea 	Indonesia 	
Mont-Saint-Michel Bay 	France 	
Moray Firth 	Scotland 	
Morecambe Bay 	England 	
Mozambique Channel 	 	
Mutsu Bay 	Japan 	
Nordfriesisches Wattenmeer	Germany 	
North Sea 	England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Sweden 	
Norwegian Sea 	Norway 	
Paracas Bay 	Inca 	
Persian Gulf 	Arabia, Babylon, Persia, Sumer 	
Philippine Sea 	Indonesia, Japan 	
Pitsunda Bay 	Georgia 	
Puñihuil 	Mapuche 	
Red Sea 	Arabia, Egypt, Nubia 	
Sagami Bay 	Japan 	
Saltsjön 	Sweden 	
Sangareya Bay 	Mali 	
San Francisco Bay 	America 	
Sargasso Sea 	 	
Saronic Gulf 	Greece 	
Scotia Sea 	 	
Sea of Azov 	Scythia 	
Sea of Crete 	Greece 	
Sea of Hyūga 	Japan 	
Sea of Japan 	Japan, Korea, Russia 	
Sea of Marmara 	Byzantium, Ottomans 	
Sea of Okhotsk 	Japan, Russia 	
Sea of the Hebrides 	Scotland 	
Seto Sea 	Japan 	
Setúbal Bay 	Portugal 	
Singitic Gulf 	Macedon 	
Sodwana Bay 	Zulu 	
Sognefjorden 	Norway 	
Solomon Sea 	 	
Solway Firth 	England, Scotland 	
South China Sea 	China, Indonesia, Vietnam 	
Storfjorden 	Norway 	
Strymonian Gulf 	Macedon 	
Sukhumi Bay 	Georgia 	
Sulu Sea 	 	
Tasman Sea 	Australia 	
Te Ara a Kiwa 	Māori 	
Te Matau-a-Māui 	Māori 	
Te Moana-a-Toi 	Māori 	
Te Moana-o-Raukawa 	Māori 	
Te Tai-o-Aorere 	Māori 	
Te Tai-o-Rehua 	Māori 	
Te Whanganui-a-Tara 	Māori 	
Términos Lagoon 	Maya 	
Thermaic Gulf 	Macedon 	
The Minch 	Scotland 	
The Wash 	England 	
Thracian Sea 	Macedon 	
Tīkapa Moana 	Māori 	
Timor Sea 	Australia, Indonesia 	
Trondheimsfjorden 	Norway 	
Tyrrhenian Sea 	Rome 	
Umzinto Bay 	Zulu 	
Vestfjorden 	Norway 	
Wadden Sea 	Germany, Netherlands 	
Waitematā 	Māori 	
White Sea 	Russia 	
Wînipekw 	Canada, Cree 	
Yatsushiro Sea 	Japan 	
Yellow Sea 	China, Korea, Mongolia 	
Yof Bay 	Mali 	
Zuiderzee 	Netherlands 	
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Gallery ==
File:Ocean tile in-game (Civ6).png|An Ocean tile, as seen in-game
== See also ==
* Ocean in other games