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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 approx. 20% of the water on Earth's surface. [4] It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east.
Maps exhibiting the world's oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling Earth, the World/Global Ocean is divided into a number of principal areas. Five oceanic divisions are usually recognized: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern/Antarctic; the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first three.
Coordinates: 2°N 76°E. The Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL) is a gravity anomaly in the Indian Ocean. A circular region in the Earth's geoid, situated just south of the Indian peninsula, it is the Earth 's largest gravity anomaly. [1][2] It forms a depression in the sea level covering an area of about 3 million km 2 (1.2 million sq mi), almost ...
Coordinates: 35°S 104°E. Diamantina Fracture Zone marked in red. The Diamantina Fracture Zone (DFZ, Diamantina Zone) [1][2][3] is an area of the south-eastern Indian Ocean seafloor, consisting of a range of ridges and trenches. [4] It lies to the south of the mideastern Indian Ocean features of the Wharton Basin and Perth Basin, and to the ...
The Houtman Abrolhos (often called the Abrolhos Islands) is a chain of 122 islands and associated coral reefs in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Geraldton, Western Australia. It is the southernmost true coral reef in the Indian Ocean, and one of the highest latitude reef systems in the world.
Max. depth. 4,694 m (15,400 ft) The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. The world's largest bay, geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region. Many South Asian and Southeast Asian countries are dependent on the Bay of Bengal.
Indian Ocean laea relief location map.jpg. Module:Location map/data/Indian Ocean is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Indian Ocean. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. The 32nd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 32 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America. At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 19 minutes during the December solstice ...