General Knowledge for IAS Exams (Oceans of the World)

General Knowledge for IAS Exams (Geography of India and The World)

Oceans of the World

Oceans by Size

• Pacific Ocean: (35,827 ft) (10, 924 metres)
• Atlantic Ocean: (30,246 ft) (9,219 metres)
• Indian Ocean: (24,460 ft) (7,455 metres)
• Caribbean Sea: (22,788 ft) (6,946 metres)
• Arctic Ocean: (18,456 ft) (5,625 metres)
• South China Sea: (16,456 ft) (5,016 metres)
• Bering Sea: (15,659 ft) (4,773 metres)
• Mediterranean Sea: (15,197 ft) (4,632 metres)
• Gulf of Mexico: (12,425 ft) (3,787 metres)
• Japan Sea: (12,276 ft) (3,742 metres)

Oceans’ Greatest Depths

• Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean: 10,911 mt (Challenger Deep)
• Tonga Trench, Pacific Ocean,: 10,882 mt (VITYAZ 11)
• Phillippine Trench, Pacific Ocean: 10,540 mt (Galathea Depth)
• Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, Pacific Ocean: 10,500 mt
• Kermadec Trench, Pacific Ocean: 10,047 mt
• Japan Trench, Pacific Ocean: 9,000 mt
• Puerto Rico Trench, Atlantic Ocean: 8,6057 (Milwaukee Deep)
• Yap Trench, Pacific Ocean: 8,527 mt
• South Sandwich Trench, Atlantic Ocean: 8,428 mt
• Peru-Chile Trench, Pacific Ocean: 8,065 mt

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