diff --git a/website/src/components/User/listOfCountries.ts b/website/src/components/User/listOfCountries.ts
index 48a976f258..ae522d1a79 100644
--- a/website/src/components/User/listOfCountries.ts
+++ b/website/src/components/User/listOfCountries.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 // source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/collab/country/
+// We excluded the seas/oceans: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea,
+// Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, Ross Sea, Tasman Sea
 
 export const listOfCountries = [
     'Afghanistan',
@@ -10,18 +12,15 @@ export const listOfCountries = [
     'Anguilla',
     'Antarctica',
     'Antigua and Barbuda',
-    'Arctic Ocean',
     'Argentina',
     'Armenia',
     'Aruba',
     'Ashmore and Cartier Islands',
-    'Atlantic Ocean',
     'Australia',
     'Austria',
     'Azerbaijan',
     'Bahamas',
     'Bahrain',
-    'Baltic Sea',
     'Baker Island',
     'Bangladesh',
     'Barbados',
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ export const listOfCountries = [
     'Hungary',
     'Iceland',
     'India',
-    'Indian Ocean',
     'Indonesia',
     'Iran',
     'Iraq',
@@ -160,7 +158,6 @@ export const listOfCountries = [
     'Mauritania',
     'Mauritius',
     'Mayotte',
-    'Mediterranean Sea',
     'Mexico',
     'Micronesia, Federated States of',
     'Midway Islands',
@@ -186,11 +183,9 @@ export const listOfCountries = [
     'Norfolk Island',
     'North Korea',
     'North Macedonia',
-    'North Sea',
     'Northern Mariana Islands',
     'Norway',
     'Oman',
-    'Pacific Ocean',
     'Pakistan',
     'Palau',
     'Palmyra Atoll',
@@ -208,7 +203,6 @@ export const listOfCountries = [
     'Republic of the Congo',
     'Reunion',
     'Romania',
-    'Ross Sea',
     'Russia',
     'Rwanda',
     'Saint Barthelemy',
@@ -236,7 +230,6 @@ export const listOfCountries = [
     'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands',
     'South Korea',
     'South Sudan',
-    'Southern Ocean',
     'Spain',
     'Spratly Islands',
     'Sri Lanka',
@@ -250,7 +243,6 @@ export const listOfCountries = [
     'Taiwan',
     'Tajikistan',
     'Tanzania',
-    'Tasman Sea',
     'Thailand',
     'Timor-Leste',
     'Togo',