What is Southern Ocean?
{{Five Oceans|Southern Ocean}} [[File:Iceedgekils.gif|thumb|right|Ice (white) in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica (light purple at bottom) grows and shrinks during the year]] The '''Southern Ocean''' is the [[ocean]] around [[Antarctica]]. It means the waters of the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], and [[Indian Ocean]]s around the [[continent]] of Antarctica. Since the 1770s geographers have discussed its limits. Nowadays, sixty [[Degree (angle)|degrees]] south [[latitude]] is often accepted. Some people call this ocean the '''Antarctic Ocean'''. It includes several seas: Cosmonauts, Somov, Commonwealth, Mowson and others. The total area is 20,327,000&nbsp;km², and the coastline length is 17,968&nbsp;km. == Other websites == {{commons category|Southern Ocean}} * [http://www.whoi.edu/imageOfDay.do Oceanography Image of the Day], from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution * [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/oo.html The CIA World Factbook's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213224759/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/oo.html |date=2017-02-13 }} entry on the Southern Ocean * [http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa091500a.htm The Fifth Ocean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906122032/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa091500a.htm |date=2008-09-06 }} from Geography.About.com * [http://dapper.pmel.noaa.gov/dchart/ NOAA In-situ Ocean Data Viewer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060211015453/http://dapper.pmel.noaa.gov/dchart/ |date=2006-02-11 }} Plot and download ocean observations * [http://findanswers.noaa.gov/noaa.answers/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=595&start=121 NOAA FAQ about the number of oceans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313190338/http://findanswers.noaa.gov/noaa.answers/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=595&start=121 |date=2007-03-13 }} {{Antarctica}} {{Polar regions}} {{Regions of the world}} {{List of seas}} {{Biomes}} {{Polar explorati