OCEANS OF THE WORLD
THERE ARE 5 NAMED OCEANS IN THE WORLD
PACIFIC OCEAN | ATLANTIC OCEAN | INDIAN OCEAN | ARCTIC OCEAN | ARCTIC OCEAN | SOUTHERN (ANTARCTIC) OCEAN

1: PACIFIC OCEAN

AREA: 63,800,000 SQUARE MILES (165,250,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS).
LARGEST OCEAN IN THE WORLD.
IT IS 28% OF THE WORLD’S SURFACEAREA AND Its DOUBLE THAT IN WATER SURFACE AREA.
IT WAS NAMED BY THE EXPLORER FERDINAND MAGELLAN. HE CALLED IT THE PEACEFUL SEA LIKE THE PACIFIC.
PACIFIC OCEAN IS HOME TO THE RING OF FIRE, A CHAIN OF 450 VOLCANOS IN A U-SHAPE
THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS THE LARGEST BODY OF WATER THAT TOUCHES SOUTH AMERICA, THE COAST OF JAPAN, THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, AND NEW ZEALAND.

AREA: 41,105,000 SQUARE MILES (106,460.000 SQUARE KILOMETERS)
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
ATLANTIC COVERS 20% OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE,
IT WAS FORMED DURING THE JURASSIC ERA.
IT IS CONNECTED TO THE PACIFIC, ARCTIC, INDIAN AND SOUTHERN OCEANS.
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS BY THE EQUATOR AS NORTH AND SOUTHERN ATLANTIC.
GREENLAND IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTHERN ATLANTIC AND IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD.

AREA: 27,240,000AQUARE MILES (70,560,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS)
THIRD LARGEST ON EARTH.
IT COVERS 20% OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE.
IT BORDERS AFRICA TO THE NORTHWEST, ANTARCTICA TO THE SOUTH, INDIA AND ASIA TO THE NORTH, AND AUSTRALIA TO THE EAST. IT INCLUDES THE ARABIAN SEA AND LACCADIVE SEA TO ITS MASS.
INDIAN OCEAN IS THE WARMEST ON EARTH.