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Arctic Ocean
Also known as Northern Ocean, Arctic Sea, Tartar Sea, Tartar Ocean, Sea of Tartary, Ocean of Tartary, Tartaric Sea, Glacial Sea
smallest, shallowest, coldest, and northernmost of the world's major oceans
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The Arctic Ocean is the world's smallest and shallowest ocean, located at the northernmost part of Earth and characterized by extremely cold temperatures. It matters because it plays a crucial role in global climate systems and is increasingly important for environmental monitoring and geopolitics as climate change transforms the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 14056000
- Elevation
- 0
- Image
- Arctic Ocean.png
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- Commons category
- Arctic Ocean
- volume as quantity
- 18750000
- vertical depth
- 1038
- P12749
- Q146462
- P8168
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
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The Arctic Ocean, with borders as delineated by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), including Hudson Bay (some of which is south of 57°N latitude, off the map) and all other marginal seas.
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions. It spans an area of approximately 14,060,000 km (5,430,000 sq mi) and is the coldest of the world's oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or North Polar Sea. It has also been described as an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It is also seen as the northernmost part of the all-encompassing world ocean.