Ocean

Indian Ocean

There is really only one global ocean; the Indian is one of five basins it is divided into, alongside the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic and Southern.

Source: oceanservice.noaa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Indian Ocean label sits at 30.0° S, 85.6° E, in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Strait of Malacca — about 4,200 km north
• Arabian Sea — about 5,400 km north-west
• Antarctica — about 5,800 km south
• Mount Kilimanjaro — about 5,900 km west

Play with it

• Today’s daily geography challenge — one shared round, playable offline.
• Guess the country by its shape — six guesses, with distance and direction after each.
• Start with easy questions — familiar countries, hints and no time limit.