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  1. Jun 16, 2024 · With an area of about 6.1 million square miles, the Arctic Ocean is about 1.5 times as big as the United States. It is bordered by Greenland, Canada, Norway, Alaska, and Russia. The average depth of the Arctic Ocean is 3,953 feet and it is 18,264 feet at its deepest point.

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    At 168,723,000 square kilometers, the Pacific is the world’s largest ocean. It makes up roughly 46.6 percent of the global ocean, which is just less than half. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Antarctic in the south, and is largely located between Asia and the Americas, covering 135,663 kilometers of coastline. Some of the more notabl...

    The Atlantic measures approximately 85,133,000 square kilometers. Even though it is the second largest ocean in the world, the Pacific is roughly twice as big. Despite this difference, it runs along 111,866 kilometers of coastline. On the west, it borders the Americas, including countries like Brazil and Argentina. On the east, it borders Europe an...

    At 70,560,000 square kilometers, the Indian Ocean comes in at third. It makes up approximately 19.5 percent of the global ocean and has 66,526 kilometers of coastline. Unlike the previous two oceans, it does not run north to south, but rather is landlocked from the north, contained in a pocket made up of East Africa, parts of Asia, and western Aust...

    The Southern Ocean measures approximately 21,960,000 square kilometers. Making up 6.1 percent of the global ocean, it is significantly smaller than the three oceans above. In fact, the Pacific is roughly seven times bigger. It should be noted, however, that there is some debate as to where the other oceans end and the Southern begins. The United St...

    The Arctic is the smallest of all five oceans. Stretching 15,558,000 square kilometers, it makes up only 4.3 percent of the global ocean. It does, however, have 27,421 more kilometers of coastline than the Southern. Located in the north polar region, it borders six countries: the United States, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Russia. It is ...

  2. Apr 26, 2018 · With an area of approximately 5.4million square miles, the Arctic ocean is the smallest of the five oceans on Earth. Although numerous oceanographers refer to it as the Arctic Sea or the Arctic Mediterranean Sea, the IHO (International Hydrographic Organization) recognize it as the 5th ocean in the world.

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  3. The world’s smallest ocean is the Arctic Ocean, located in the northernmost part of the Earth. It covers an area of about 14.05 million square kilometers (5.4 million square miles), which is roughly 1.5 times the size of the United States.

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  4. The Arctic Ocean, with a total area of about 14 million square kilometers (5.4 million square miles), is the world’s smallest ocean basin.

  5. May 23, 2018 · The Arctic Ocean is the world's smallest ocean measuring in at only 5 million square miles. It is also the shallowest among the five major oceans on our planet. Part of the Arctic Ocean is covered by sea ice throughout the year and almost entirely in winter.

  6. Jun 28, 2019 · The Arctic Ocean is the world's smallest with an area of 5,427,000 square miles (14,056,000 sq km). It extends between Europe, Asia, and North America. Most of its waters are north of the Arctic Circle.