Although the oceans of the earth are all connected and truly one "World Ocean,"
Most often the world is divided into four major "oceans"
1. The Pacific Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Arctic Ocean
4. Indian Ocean.
Some consider there to be five oceans - the fifth being an ocean surrounding Antarctica called the Antarctic Ocean or Southern Ocean
The pacific ocean is the world's largest and the deepest ocean
Deepest Point in the Ocean
Every water body has a deepest point, as compared to other regions. The same is applicable to the five oceans of the world. Like for example, the Marina trench is found to be the deepest part of the pacific ocean. Here is a list of the deepest points in each of the five oceans:
- Pacific Ocean: 35,797 feet (Mariana Trench)
- Atlantic Ocean: 28,374 feet (Puerto Rico Trench)
- Southern Ocean: 23,736 feet (South Sandwich Trench)
- Indian Ocean: 23,376 feet (Java Trench)
- Arctic Ocean: 17,881 feet (Eurasia Basin)
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