Looking at the Sea Ocean Profiles

 

In truth there is only one ocean. It stretches from the north pole to the south pole and encircles the globe. However, because the continents loosely divide the water, four separate ocean basins are recognized: the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian and the Arctic. Click on the map below to learn more about the world's oceans. Relief maps courtesy NOAA/NESDIS/National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado. Pacific | Atlantic | Indian | Arctic

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