Arctic Ocean
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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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- Instance of
- adjacent sea
- Part of
- Atlantic Ocean
- Has part
- Norwegian Sea
- Named after
- north
- Located in
- international waters
- Area
- +14056000
- Elevation
- +0
- Image
- Arctic Ocean.png
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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.