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The Southern is the world's fifth ocean (smh.com.au)
6 points by classichasclass on June 11, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


I got curious, because it had always been the Antarctic Ocean to me. Seems Southern won by a vote of 18 to 10 among member nations in 2000 at the International Hydrographic Organization. I even didn't know there was another name. But I live much closer to the Northern Ocean, so maybe I was over-influenced by the pattern.


FWIW, both Apple and Google Maps have 7: Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean.




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