Oceans in World

Arctic Ocean-- The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans. The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia)
are two important seasonal waterways.

It is a body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle.

Lowest point: Fram Basin
Major chokepoint is the Southern Chukchi Sea
Ports and harbors: Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)


Atlantic Ocean-- The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans. The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the
Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways.
It is a body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere. It includes includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, and other tributary water bodies.

Lowest point: Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench
Major chokepoints include the Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar, access to the Panama and Suez Canals.
The Equator divides the Atlantic Ocean into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean. Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are two important waterways.


Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceans. 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).
It is a body of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia. It includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Flores Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Java Sea, Red Sea, Strait of Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies.

Lowest point: Java Trench
Major chokepoints include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca,southern access to the Suez Canal, and the Lombok Strait.

Ports and harbors-- Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Melbourne (Australia), Richards Bay (South Africa).


Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans.
Strategically important access waterways include the La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres Straits.
It is body of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere. It includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies.

Lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
The major chokepoints are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean
and the South Pacific Ocean.

Ports and harbors: Bangkok (Thailand), Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China), Singapore,
Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia).


SOUTHERN OCEAN--The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest of the world's five oceans. It is a body of water between 60 degrees south latitude and Antarctica. It
includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies.

Lowest point: southern end of the South Sandwich Trench.
The major chokepoint is the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica.

Ports and harbors: McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore
anchorages in Antarctica.