What is the fifth ocean?

Question

I know that mostly people say there's only four oceans but there are actually five. It's not as common tough. I need it for my social studies homework.

Answer 1

OCEANS

The planet is approximately 71% water and contains (5) five oceans, including the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern. Their borders are indicated on the world image (right) in varied shades of blue.

For many years only (4) four oceans were officially recognized, and then in the spring of 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization established the Southern Ocean, and determined its limits. Those limits include all water below 60 degrees south, and some of it, like the Arctic Ocean, is frozen.

(oceans by size)
#1 Pacific (155,557,000 sq km) larger map
#2 Atlantic (76,762,000 sq km) larger map
#3 Indian (68,556,000 sq km) larger map
#4 Southern (20,327,000 sq km) larger map
#5 Arctic (14,056,000 sq km) larger map

(greatest depths in the oceans) (by ocean)
Mariana Trench, Pacific 35,827 ft
Puerto Rico Trench, Atlantic 30,246 ft
Java Trench, Indian 24,460 ft
Arctic Basin, Arctic 18,456 ft
Southern Ocean (greatest depth in dispute)

Answer 2

yup.... it is called the Southern Ocean or the Antarctic Ocean...

In 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization created the fifth world ocean - the Southern Ocean - from the southern portions of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. The Southern Ocean completely surrounds Antarctica.
The Southern Ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica north to 60 degrees south latitude. The Southern Ocean is now the fourth largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean, but larger than the Arctic Ocean).

To read more about it.... click on this link...

http://geography.about.com/od/learnabouttheearth/a/fifthocean.htm

Answer 3

Antarctic Ocean or Southern Ocean

Answer 4

Arctic ocean, Antarctic ocean (also called Southern ocean), Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean, and Indian Ocean are the five oceans.

Answer 5

Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, Indian, Arctic

Answer 6

I just looked it up, and it looks like it is the Southern Ocean aka the Antarctic Ocean. Good luck =)

Answer 7

Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Southern

This names them all. Hope it helps you.