Southern Ocean

Southern Ocean
The fourth largest ocean of the Earth, surrounding the Antarctic landmass, to the south of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.

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  • Southern Ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia: name used by Australians * * * Southern Ocean Introduction Southern Ocean Background: A decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 delimited a fifth world ocean… …   Universalium

  • Southern Ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia: name used by Australians …   English World dictionary

  • Southern Ocean — The Southern Ocean, also known as the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean south of 60° S latitude. The International Hydrographic Organization has designated… …   Wikipedia

  • Southern Ocean — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Southern Ocean <p></p> Background: <p></p> A large body of recent oceanographic research has shown that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), an ocean current that… …   The World Factbook

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  • Southern Ocean Expedition — (1830 – 1833) was an expedition to Antarctica.BackgroundIn 1830, the whaling company Samuel Enderby and Sons appointed John Biscoe master of the brig Tula and leader of an expedition to find new seal hunting grounds in the Southern Ocean.… …   Wikipedia

  • Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary — The Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is an area of 50 million square kilometres surrounding the continent of Antarctica where the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has banned all types of commercial whaling. To date, the IWC has designated two …   Wikipedia

  • Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary — Ein Meeresschutzgebiet ist ein klar definiertes, ausgedehntes Gebiet im Meer, das durch spezielle Maßnahmen vor schädlichen menschlichen Eingriffen und vor Umweltverschmutzung geschützt wird. Meist sind dies Gebiete, die ökologisch besonders… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Southern Ocean — or Antarctic Ocean geographical name the ocean surrounding Antarctica including the southern parts of the South Atlantic, South Pacific, & Indian oceans especially S of about 60°S …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Southern Ocean — /sʌðən ˈoʊʃən/ (say sudhuhn ohshuhn) noun the ocean south of Australia and New Zealand, extending to and encircling Antarctica; contains much sea ice; sometimes regarded not as a separate ocean but as the southern portions of the three main… …  

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