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Top Ten Deepest Oceans and Seas

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1 Pacific Ocean

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Sunset in Monterey County, California, U.S..
Sunset in Monterey County, California, U.S..

Average Depth in meters 3,939

  • The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic division.
  • It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west,and the Americans in the east.At 169.2 million square kilometres in area.
  • Pacific Ocean covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area.
  • Pacific Ocean larger than all of the Earth's land area combined.


2 Indian Ocean

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Average Depth in meters 3,939

  • The Indian ocean is third largest of the world's oceanic division, covering about 20% of water on the Earth's surface.
  • It bounded on the north by Asia on the west by Africa,on the east by Indochina,the Sundae Islands, ans Australia.
  • The ocean is nearly 10,000 kilometres wide at the south tips of Africa and Australia , its area is 73,556,000 square kilometres including Red Sea and the Persian Gulf


3 Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean as seen from the western coast of Portugal.
The Atlantic Ocean as seen from the western coast of Portugal.

Average Depth in meters 3,575

  • The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the worlds oceanic divisions, with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometers.
  • It covers approxmately one fifth of the Earth's surface


4 Caribbean Ocean

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A Caribbean beach in Isla Margarita, Venezuela.
A Caribbean beach in Isla Margarita, Venezuela.

Average Depth in meters 2,575

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the tropics of the Western hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by American landmass and Gulf of Mexico to the northwest.

5 Sea of Japan

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The Name "Sea of Japan" is disputed by North and South Korea. Therefore, instead of a name a question mark is written on the map
The Name "Sea of Japan" is disputed by North and South Korea. Therefore, instead of a name a question mark is written on the map

Average Depth in meters 1,666

The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan,South Korea,North Korea and Russia.Surface are about 978,000 km


6 Gulf of Mexico

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Sediment in the Gulf of Mexico
Sediment in the Gulf of Mexico

Average Depth in meters 1,614

  • The Gulf of Mexico sea is the ninth largest body of water in the world.
  • Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean,it is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba,northeast north and north by the Gulf Coast of the Us, Southeast and south by Mexico and southeast by Cuba.


7 Mediterranean Sea

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A view of Raouché off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon.
A view of Raouché off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon.

Average Depth in meters 1,501

  • The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land on the north by Anatolia and Europe,on the south by Africa,and on the east by the Levant.
  • It covers an approximate area of 2.5 million km.


8 Bering Sea

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Satellite photo of the Bering Sea
Satellite photo of the Bering Sea

Average Depth in meters 1,491

The Bering sea is body of water in the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin, which then raises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves .

The Bering Sea separated from the Gulf of Alaska by the Alaska Peninsula.It covers over two million square kilometers,bordered on the east and northeast by Alaska, on the west by Russia's Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula, on the south by .

9 South China Sea

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Sunset on the South China Sea off Mui Ne village on the south-east coast of Vietnam
Sunset on the South China Sea off Mui Ne village on the south-east coast of Vietnam

Average Depth in meters 1,463

  • It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,00 km.
  • It is one of the largest sea bodies.


10 Black Sea

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Average Depth in meters 1,190

  • The Black Sea is an inland sea bounded by Europe,Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and various straits.
  • The Black Sea has an area of 436,400 km .


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gusripper  says:
2 months ago

I dont know but we have in GREECE a place close to PYLOS(MESSINIAN-PELOPONISSOS-GREECE)its more than 2000 meters ,i'll find it and i write you back

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futurenetads  says:
2 months ago

ok .dude .....if u find tell me

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Helen Cater  says:
2 months ago

This is a good read for me as my husband is always telling me off for not knowing my oceans. I feel a little more educated thanks to this article.

jim dobie  says:
2 months ago

I was under the impression that there are five oceans,the Arctic being one of them but you do not mention it and I never heard of the Caribbean Ocean. Where did I go wrong?

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