Indian Ocean - Wikipedia
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km 2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth's surface. [4] It is …
Indian Ocean | History, Map, Depth, Islands, & Facts | Britannica
Jan 15, 2025 · Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the …
Indian Ocean - WorldAtlas
Mar 28, 2021 · The Indian Ocean is a large saline water body covering about 20% of the world’s ocean total area. The ocean is the youngest geologically and the smallest of the three major …
Indian Ocean - The World Factbook
Jan 15, 2025 · The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean). …
Indian Ocean - The World Factbook
Dec 14, 2021 · The Indian Ocean provides major sea routes connecting the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia with Europe and the Americas. It carries a particularly heavy traffic of petroleum …
Indian Ocean basin: a Detailed Map - UNESCO
Jun 7, 2022 · The Indian Ocean basin is the world’s third-largest ocean after the Pacific and Atlantic, covering about 20% of the Earth’s surface. Its area is roughly 5.5 times the size of the …
Indian Ocean: Definition, Countries, Islands & Facts
Jun 26, 2024 · The Indian Ocean is the third-largest ocean on Earth, covering about 27 million square miles. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west, Australia to the east, and …
Indian Ocean: Climate, Islands, Depth, Location, Currents - Earth …
The Indian Ocean is the third largest oceanic divisions in the world and covers one-fifth of the total ocean waters. It bounds the waters on the west of Africa, east of Malay Peninsula, Sunda …
Indian Ocean summary - Encyclopedia Britannica
Indian Ocean, Body of salt water stretching between Africa in the west, Australia in the east, Asia in the north, and 60° S latitude in the south. With an area of approximately 27,243,000 sq mi …
Indian Ocean - New World Encyclopedia
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20 percent of the Earth 's water surface.