The Soutern Ocean. (The Great Austrailan Bight is the body of water closer to the continent but is is not called an "Ocean" , the boundaries of these water masses are unclear. Modern terminology has Southern Ocean south of 60° S but older sources have the Southern Ocean stretching further north.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_map_1863.jpg for a map labling the Southern Ocean as close to Australia.
Its in between the indian, and pacific oceans.
No. Australia is bordered by three oceans: the Pacific in the East, the Indian in the west and the Southern in the south.
the pacific ocean is closest ocean toBrazil,Australia,north America,south America ,europ and Antarctica
The Antarctic Ocean is the closest ocean to Melbourne.
The ocean closest to Auckland is the South pacific ocean.
Australia is closer (South America is closest of all). Also, note that Australia is not a continent. This means the closest continent to the South Pole is South America.
The Indian Ocean is to the south, west, and north or Australia.
That is the South Pacific Ocean
Australia is bordered by the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean.
The three continents closest to Antarctica are South America, Australia and South Africa. But, the closest is South America. The three closest continents to Antarctica are South America, Australia, and Africa. The microcontinent Zealandia is very close to Antarctica.
The ocean between Australia and Antarctica (which is where the South Pole is located) is the Southern Ocean.
The Pacific Ocean is due east of Australia.
It is the South Pacific Ocean.
Here are the countries that touch the Arctic Ocean Norway Russia Alaska Canada Greenland (they're also the five countries that have Polar Bears) Although these are the countries closest to the arctic ocean they are not the closest to the south arctic ocean for there is no such thing as the south arctic ocean. The arctic ocean is in the NORTH.