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TheSouthern Ocean, also known as the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60°S latitude and encircling Antarctica. It is usually regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions. This ocean zone is where cold, northward flowing waters from the Antarctic mix with warmer sub-Antarctic waters.
Geographers disagree on the Southern Ocean's northern boundary or even its existence, with some considering the waters part of the South Pacific, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans instead. Others regard the Antarctic Convergence, an ocean zone which fluctuates seasonally, as separating the Southern Ocean from other oceans, rather than the 60th parallel.[1]
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has not yet ratified its 2000 definition of the ocean as being south of 60°S. Its latest published definition of oceans dates from 1953; this does not include the Southern Ocean. However, the more recent definition is used by the IHO and others.
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Which ocean is south of Europe?
South Alantic Ocean
What bodies of water surround South American?
The South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and South Pacific ocean surround South America.
What ocean will you be on if you sail from Europe to South America?
It is the North Atlantic Ocean, and the South Atlantic Ocean if you sail to the very south of South America.
What three bodies of ocean border South America?
To the West of South America is the South Pacific, East is South Atlantic, South is the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean).
Is the Southern Ocean in the south?
Yes the southern ocean is in the south.
What ocean to the west of South America?
south Pacific Ocean
What ocean is at 40 south and 80 west?
The South Pacific
What ocean lies between South America and Africa and Ocean.?
The South Atlantic Ocean is between West Africa and South America.
Into which ocean the altantic ocean or the pacific ocean does the Amazon river of south America empty?
The south Atlantic Ocean
What ocean borders South America?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean border South America.
What is the ocean called west of south America?
this is the South Pacific Ocean
What south ocean borders Peru to the west?
South Pacific Ocean
