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ARCTIC OCEAN

Severnaya

Laptev Sea

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Barents Sea

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New Siberian Is.

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Great Britain

The Steppes

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Elbrus 18,510 ft. 5,642 m

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Sea of Japan (East Sea)

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Philippine Sea

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Mariana Islands

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Challenger Deep -35,840 ft. -10,924 m

South China Sea

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Celebes Sea

Gilbert Islands

Gulf of Guinea

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Lake Victoria

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Kilimanjaro 19,341 ft., 5,895 m

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Greater Sunda Islands Java Sea

Bismarck Archipelago

New Guinea

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Chagos Archipelago

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Lake Tanganyika

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Solomon Islands

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Seychelles

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Arafura Sea

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Mayotte Comoros Arch.

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Christmas Island

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Coral Sea

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AUSTRALIA

Réunion

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SOUTH PACI F IC OCEAN

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Tristan da Cunha Group

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Tasmania

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Crozet Islands

South Island

Kerguelen Islands

Prince Edward Islands

Auckland Islands

The Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans merge around Antarctica. Some define this as an ocean, calling it the Antarctic Ocean, Austral Ocean, or Southern Ocean. While most accept four oceans (including the Arctic Ocean), there is little international agreement on the name and extent of a fifth ocean.

PRIME MERIDIAN (MERIDIAN OF GREENWICH)

South Sandwich Islands

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South Magnetic Pole (2021)

SOUTHERN OCEAN

ANTARCTICA

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Reference Atlas A29