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As of the year 2000, the International Hydrographic Organisation decided that the waters surrounding Antarctica would be known officially as the Southern Ocean. 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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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe Southern Ocean is also called the Antarctic Ocean.
The oceans that make up the Southern Ocean are the southern portions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and the Indian Oceans. Its definition is that it is everything south of 60° th south latitude line. It is all the water encircling Antarctica.
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∙ 15y agoYes. As of the year 2000, the International Hydrographic Organisation decided that the waters surrounding Antarctica would be known officially as the Southern Ocean. 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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∙ 12y agoThe Southern Ocean encircles Antarctica. It is a relatively new designation for the southernmost parts of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans.
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∙ 9y agoThe area of the Southern Ocean is about 7.84 million square miles. It is usually considered the area below 60 degrees latitude near the continent of Antarctica.
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Why is the shoutern ocean called the shouthern ocean?
There actually is no such thing as the Southern Ocean. The "{Southern Ocean" is made up of a combination of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Which ocean is made of the southern portions of three other oceans?
The Southern Ocean is the ocean that is made up of the southern portions of the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. It surrounds Antarctica and is the youngest of the world's oceans.
The two oceans that make up the coast are?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean :)
What oceans make up the marine biome?
The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans.
Is the southern ocean an official ocean?
I believe so becaus for many years only four oceans were officially recognized, and then in the spring of 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization established the Southern Ocean, which includes all water below 60 degrees south, and some of it, is frozen. there is no southern ocean its a load of crap. the pacific, atlantic, and indian ocean take up the space on top of antarctica so therefore there is no southern ocean
How did the southern ocean get the name southern ocean?
The Southern Ocean got its name because it is made up of the southernmost waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The Southern Ocean is also called the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean.
What is the great body of water surrounding the earth's land?
These are the oceans that take up 70% of the planets surface. There are 5 different oceans, each with there own name; these are in order of sq miles are; Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean.
What are the 4 largest oceans of the world?
The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and the Arctic Oceans.For many years only (4) four oceans were officially recognized, and then in the spring of 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization established the Southern Ocean, and determined its limits. Those limits include all water below 60 degrees south, and some of it, like the Arctic Ocean, is frozen.so now there is 5
Where is most of earth water?
Most of earth's water is from oceans but its a 50% chance that it is glaciers that has most of earth's water.
What size are the oceans?
the sizes of the oceans depend on how large does each continent have and the ocean takes up 75% of the earth.
What are three oceans that border the south America?
South America is only bordered by two oceans, the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica does not extend up to the tip of South America.
Is an ocean a body of water?
Yes. An ocean is a very large body of water, often separating continents. They have to be so big to be considered as oceans that only 5 oceans exist in the world. They make up most of the water on Earth.
