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This list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Indian Ocean consists of 38 countries, with 13 in Africa, 22 in Asia, and 1 in Oceania that either border on or are in the Indian Ocean, as well as 2 European countries which administer several dependencies or overseas territories in the region.
World map of the five-ocean model with approximate boundaries. This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1]
On 26 December 2004, fourteen countries around the Indian Ocean were hit by a wave of tsunamis caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The waves radiated across the ocean at speeds exceeding 500 km/h (310 mph), reached up to 20 m (66 ft) in height, and resulted in an estimated 236,000 deaths. [101]
The Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean south of Africa at Cape Agulhas. The Indian Ocean, the third largest, extends northward from the Southern Ocean to India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Southeast Asia in Asia, and between Africa in the west and Australia in the east. The Indian Ocean joins the Pacific Ocean to the east, near Australia.
The islands of the Indian Ocean are part of either the eastern, western, or southern areas. Some prominently large islands include Madagascar , Sri Lanka , and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra , Java , and Lesser Sunda Islands .
Indian Ocean, Australasia Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Archipelago Oceanic Australia: 14 5.4 596 42.6 110 Indian Ocean, Australasia Curaçao: One main island Continental shelf Netherlands: 444 171 145,834 328 850 Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles Easter Island: One Island Oceanic Chile: 163.6 63.2 6,148 37.5 97 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Falkland Islands
The golf courses in Mauritius are surrounded by glistening ocean, mangrove trees and lush jungle (Finn Partners Box UK) If it be true that golf is a good walk spoiled, then the walk in Mauritius ...
The Red Sea serves an important role in the global economy, with cargo vessels traveling between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea every year, thus shortening the path between Asia and Europe almost by half (as compared to traveling around Africa via the Atlantic Ocean). [53] 12% of global trade passes through the Red Sea. [54]