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Is the ocean around Antarctica more salty than most other oceans?
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During recent times, the water in the Southern Ocean is becoming less dense and less salty that it has been in the past, because the ice -- fresh water ice -- of the ice shelves is melting into the ocean, diluting it's historic properties.
Classically, the Southern Ocean has been more salty, because of the evaporation of the fresh water from the ocean. It is also more dense because it is so cold and the water is deeper than in other oceans.
However, climate change has reduced both the density and salinity of the Southern Ocean.
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Does Antarctica border the Atlantic ocean?
Not really. Antarctica is surrounded by the Southern Ocean, which borders on all other oceans in the region.
What ocean is located directly north of Antarctica?
All the other oceans are North of the Antarctic.
Does the Antarctic Ocean touch Australia?
No. The Arctic Ocean is in the Northern Hemisphere and surrounds the North Pole. Antarctica is a continent in the Southern Hemisphere, where the South Pole is located, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. The Arctic Ocean is at the opposite end of the earth to Antarctica.
Do seals live anywhere else besides antarctica?
Seals live in oceans and in other oceans in addition to those that live in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. Seals are not land animals: Antarctica is a land mass.
What are 3 oceans that touch Antarctica?
The Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans touch Antarctica.Another AnswerThe ocean that surrounds Antarctica is called the Southern Ocean. Since 2000, this newly named and identified ocean lies south of 60 degrees S, which is also under the government of the Antarctic Treaty. It is fed by the three oceans named above.
What seas are around Antarctica?
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.The Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans all touch Antarctica
Which ocean is made of the southern portions of three other oceans?
The area encircling Antarctica, which composes the southern areas of the atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans is called by some the Antarctic Ocean however it is not an ocean in the conventional geographic sense of the word.
How many continents border the Antarctica ocean?
The Southern Ocean surrounds the continent of Antarctica and does not flow around or border any other continent.
Do other oceans have oceans?
An ocean doesn't contain another ocean.
Do other oceans have oceans?
An ocean doesn't contain another ocean.
What are the seas and oceans around America?
pacific and atlantic
Where does Antarctica rank among other continents in terms of sea?
Antarctica is the fifth largest continent of the seven continents on earth. The Southern Ocean that surrounds the continent is the fourth largest of the five oceans on earth.
