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Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of 21,960,000 km2 (8,480,000 mi2), it is the second-smallest of the five principal oceanic divisions, smaller than the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, and…

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related to Further reading · 35
Southern Ocean → AAAS, Advancement, AGU, American Association, American Geophysical Union, Antarctic, Arndt, Bibcode, Descriptive Regional Oceanography, February, Geophysical Research Letters, Gille, Hans Werner, IBCSO, Introduction, ISBN, ISSN, Jan Erik, June, Matthias Tomczak
related to Pre-20th century · 33
Southern Ocean → Africa, America, Antarctic Circle, Antarctick, Authors, Balboa, British Act, Cape, Cape Horn, Edinburgh Gazetteer, European, Geographical Dictionary, Good Hope, Great Southern Ocean, James Cook's, John Payne, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northwest Passage, Ocean
related to Unknown southern land · 28
Southern Ocean → Abraham Ortelius, Africa, Antarctic, Atlantic, Bartolomeu Dias, Cape, Eurasia, European, Exploration, Ferdinand Magellan, Fuego, Good Hope, In, Indian, Locach, Magellan, New Guinea, North Africa, Pacific, Ptolemy
related to 1928 delineation · 24
Southern Ocean → Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Bass Strait, Broughton Island, Cape Agulhas, Cape Grim, Cape Horn, Cape Leeuwin, Cape Otway, Cape Wickham, Chile, From Cape Leeuwin, In, King Island, Limits, New Zealand, Oceans, Seas, South America
related to Subdivisions · 24
Southern Ocean → Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, Bransfield Strait, Cooperation Sea, Cosmonauts Sea, Davis Sea, Drake Passage, Dumont D'Urville Sea, IHO, In, King Haakon VII Sea, Lazarev Sea, Limits, Mawson Sea, Oceans, Part, Riiser-Larsen Sea, Ross Sea, Scotia Sea, Seas
related to South of the Antarctic Convergence · 20
Southern Ocean → Antarctic Convergence, Anthony, Bouvet Island, Edmond Halley's, French, Gonneyville, HMS Paramour, James Cook, January, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet, Lozier, Roché, Roché Island, Roché's, Soon, South Atlantic, South Georgia, South Land, Southern Ocean/Antarctic, The
related to 2002 draft delineation · 18
Southern Ocean → Antarctic Ocean, Argentina, August, Australia, Effectively, Half, IHO, It, Japan, Limits, Notably, Oceans, Of, Sea, Seas, Southern Ocean Observing System, The, The IHO
related to Change · 18
Southern Ocean → ACC, AMOC, Antarctic, Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Antarctica's, As, Atlantic, Earth's, For, In West Antarctica, Its, Much, SMOC, Southern Hemisphere, Southern Meridional, Thermohaline, This, Thus
related to 1937 delineation · 16
Southern Ocean → Africa, Antarctica, Auckland Island, Cape Agulhas, Cape Horn, Cape Leeuwin, From, IHO's, In, Limits, New Zealand, Oceans, Seas, South America, The, Western Australia
related to External links · 16
Southern Ocean → About, Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Archived, Conservation, Edition, Geography, Hydrographic Organization, IHO, Limits, NOAA FAQ, Oceans, Seas, September, Southern OceanThe Fifth Ocean, The CIA World Factbook's, Wayback Machine

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ocean southern south antarctic sea antarctica citation needed oceans water also new ice species atlantic first pacific australia land seas

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Southern Oceancausesincreased stratification and stabilization of its layers0.90text
Southern Oceancausesthe upper cell circulation to speed up0.90text
the U.Sinstance ofand organisations0.80text
the 2002 Russian-proposedinstance ofA number of these0.80text
goldinstance ofaccumulation of valuable minerals0.80text
formed by gravity separation during sedimentary processes are also expected to exist in the Southern Ocean.Manganese nodules are expected to exist in the Southern Oceaninstance ofaccumulation of valuable minerals0.80text
ironinstance ofdissolved organic carbon and other nutrients0.80text
some cetaceansinstance ofLarge animals0.80text
birds make the round trip annuallyinstance ofLarge animals0.80text
mudwormsinstance ofMore surprising are small forms of life0.80text
sea cucumbersinstance ofMore surprising are small forms of life0.80text
free-swimming snails found in both polar oceansinstance ofMore surprising are small forms of life0.80text

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