The Great oceans of the World:The surface of the planet is approximately 71% of water and contains five (5) oceans. The details
are given bellow:
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Name of the ocean
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Particulars
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The Pacific Ocean
(Largest)
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Area in sq. km.
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165,200,000
(46% of Earth’s Surface)
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Water Volume
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710,000,000
cubic kilometers
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Mean Depth
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4,280 m
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Highest Depth
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10,911 m,
at Mariana trench, The lowest known point on Earth.
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Total
Surface Area Includes: Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea,
East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan,
Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
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Bordering
countries and territories:
Sovereign
nations: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji,
Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea,
Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Samoa,
Singapore, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga,
Tuvalu, United States(Alaska,Washington,Oregon,California,Hawaii).
Territories:
American Samoa (USA), Baker
Island(USA), Cook Islands (New Zealand), Coral Sea Islands(Australia),
Easter Island (Chile), French Polynesia(France), Guam (USA), Hong
Kong(China), Howland Island (USA), Jarvis Island(USA), Johnston
Island (USA), Kingman Reef (USA), Macau(China), Midway Atoll(USA),
New Caledonia(France), Niue (New Zealand), Norfolk
Island (Australia), Northern Mariana Islands(USA), Palmyra
Atoll (USA), Pitcairn Islands (UK), Tokelau(New Zealand),
Wallis and Futuna (France), Wake Island(USA).
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Ports
and terminals:
Bangkok
(Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-hsiung (Taiwan), Los Angeles (US), Manila
(Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US),
Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia),
Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
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Natural
resources:
Oil and
gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer
deposits, fish.
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The Atlantic Ocean
(Second Large)
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Area in sq. km.
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106,400,000 (22% of Earth's surface)
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Water Volume
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354,700,000
cubic kilometers
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Mean Depth
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3,339 m
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Highest Depth
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8,305 m,
at Milwaukee Deep
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Total
Surface Area Includes:
Baltic
Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the
Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea,
Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
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Bordering
Countries and Territories:
Europe: Azores (PRT), Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands (DEN), France,
Germany, Guernsey (UK),
Iceland, Ireland, Isle
of Man (UK), Jersey (UK),
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United
Kingdom
Africa:
Angola, Benin, Bouvet Island (NOR), Cameroon,
Canary Islands (ESP),
Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madeira (PRT), Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia,
Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK), Sao
Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Western Sahara(claimed by Morocco)(MAR)
South
America: Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Falkland
Islands (UK), French
Guiana (FRA), Guyana, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK),
Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
North
and Central America: Belize, Bermuda (UK), Canada, Costa
Rica, Greenland (DEN),
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Pierre and Miquelon (FRA), United States
Caribbean: Anguilla (UK),
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba (NED),
Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire (NED),
British Virgin Islands(UK), Cayman Islands (UK), Cuba, Curacao (NED), Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe (FRA),
Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique (FRA),
Montserrat (UK), Saba (NED), Puerto Rico (USA), Saint Barthélemy(FRA), Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten (NED),
Saint Martin (FRA),
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint
Eustatius (NED), Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands (UK), United States Virgin Islands (USA)
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Ports
and terminals:
Alexandria
(Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos
Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen
(Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki
(Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon
(Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal
(Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria),
Oslo (Norway), Piracies or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),
Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
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Natural
resources:
oil and gas
fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates,
placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones
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The Indian Ocean
(Third large)
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Area in sq. km.
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73,556,000
(20% of Earth’s Surface)
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Water Volume
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292,131,000
cubic kilometers
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Mean Depth
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3,890 m
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Highest Depth
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8,047 m
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Total
Surface Area Includes:
Andaman
Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Flores Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of
Aden, Gulf of Oman, Java Sea, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea,
Sauvé Sea, Strait of Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
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Bordering
Countries and Territories:
Africa:
South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, French Southern and Antarctic Lands (FRA),
France (Mayotte and Reunion), Mauritius, Comoros,
Tanzania, Seychelles, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti,
Eritrea, Sudan, Egypt
Asia: Egypt,
Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman,
United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq,
Iran, Pakistan, India, Maldives, British Indian Ocean Territory (UK),
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia,
Singapore, Indonesia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (AUS), Timor-Leste
Australasia:
Ashmore and Cartier Islands (AUS),
Indonesia, Australia
Southern
Indian Ocean: Heard
Island and McDonald Islands (AUS), French Southern and Antarctic Lands (FRA).
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Ports
and terminals:
Chennai
(Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta
(Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India) Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay;
India), Richards Bay (South Africa)
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Natural
resources:
The Indian
Ocean oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer
deposits, polymetallic nodules.
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The Southern Ocean
(4th Large)
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Area in sq. km.
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20,327,000
(10% of Earth’s Surface)
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Water Volume
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71,800,000
cubic kilometers
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Mean Depth
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4,000 and
5,000 m
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Highest Depth
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7,236 m at
the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench
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Total
Surface Area Includes:
Amundsen
Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of
the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies
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Bordering
Countries and Territories:
No
countries border the Southern Ocean. The only major land mass it touches is
Antarctica. The Southern Ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica to the 60
degree South line of Latitude. What is now the Southern Ocean was previously
the southern most portions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The
Southern Ocean incorporates the Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the
Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and
other tributary water bodies.
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Ports
and terminals:
McMurdo,
Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica.
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Natural
resources:
Probable
large and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin;
manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as
icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fish.
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The Arctic Ocean
(Smallest and
shallowest)
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Area in sq. km.
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14,056,000
(2% of Earth’s Surface)
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Water Volume
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18,750,000
cubic kilometers
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Mean Depth
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3,240 m
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Highest Depth
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5,502 m, Fram
Basin
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Total
Surface Area Includes:
Baffin
Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland
Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and
other tributary water bodies
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Bordering
countries:
Russia, Norway, Iceland,
Greenland, Canada and the United States.
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Ports
and terminals:
Churchill
(Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
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Natural
resources:
Sand and
gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields,
fish, marine mammals (seals and whales).
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