Ocean

Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean is the newest named ocean, recognised as the water extending from the coast of Antarctica out to 60 degrees south — though not every country agrees on that boundary.

Source: oceanservice.noaa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Southern Ocean label sits at 65.7° S, 18.4° W, in the Southern and Western Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

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

• Antarctic Peninsula — about 1,900 km south-west
• Antarctica — about 2,400 km south-east
• South Atlantic Ocean — about 3,500 km north
• Namib Desert — about 5,100 km north-east

Play with it

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