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 bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east.
Indian Ocean - WorldAtlas
2021年3月28日 · World map showing the location of the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean covers about 70.56 million square miles or 19.8% of the Earth’s total water surface. It has a maximum length of 10,000 kilometers, between Antarctica and the Bay of Bengal, and is 7,600 kilometers wide between Australia and Africa’s southern tip.
Indian Ocean | History, Map, Depth, Islands, & Facts | Britannica
2024年12月26日 · What surrounds the Indian Ocean? The Indian Ocean is bounded by Iran, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh to the north; the Malay Peninsula, the Sunda Islands, and Australia to the east; the Southern Ocean to the south; and Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to …
Indian Ocean: Definition, Countries, Islands & Facts
2024年6月26日 · 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 Antarctica to the south.
Indian Ocean - The World Factbook
2023年11月14日 · The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean). Four critically important access waterways are the Suez Canal (Egypt), Bab el Mandeb (Djibouti-Yemen), Strait of Hormuz (Iran-Oman), and Strait of Malacca (Indonesia-Malaysia).
Indian Ocean - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Indian Ocean is the ocean surrounded by Asia to the north, Australia and the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and Africa and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It is named for the river Indus and Ancient India on its north shore.
Indian Ocean - The World Factbook
2021年12月14日 · 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 and petroleum products from the oilfields of the Persian Gulf and Indonesia.
Indian Ocean - New World Encyclopedia
One component of the all-encompassing World Ocean, the Indian Ocean is delineated from the Atlantic Ocean by the 20° east meridian running south from Cape Agulhas, and from the Pacific by the 147° east meridian.
Indian Ocean Region, Islands, Depth, Map, Facts - Study IQ …
2024年9月19日 · The Indian Ocean is the third-largest ocean in the world covering 20% of the Earth’s water surface. It is named after the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by Southern Asia to the north, the Arabian Peninsula and Africa to the west, the Malay Peninsula, the Sunda Islands, and Australia to the east, and the Southern Ocean to the south.
Indian Ocean: Climate, Islands, Depth, Location, Currents
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 Islands, Australia, south of Southern Ocean, and the north of Asia including the Indian peninsula.