Indian Ocean

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body of water geographical region ocean

The Indian Ocean is the world’s third-largest ocean, lying between Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Southern Ocean, and serving as a major route for global trade and maritime activity.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Indian Ocean canonical 1,378
Indian Ocean basin 6
eastern Indian Ocean 5

Statements (106)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
ocean ⓘ
bordersContinent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
bordersOcean Arctic Ocean via marginal seas ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
bordersRegion Southern Ocean ⓘ
boundedBy Africa to the west ⓘ
Asia to the north ⓘ
Australia to the east ⓘ
Southern Ocean to the south ⓘ
connectedToOcean Atlantic Ocean via Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
Pacific Ocean via Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Pacific Ocean via Strait of Malacca ⓘ
connectedToSea Mediterranean Sea via Suez Canal ⓘ
Red Sea via Bab-el-Mandeb ⓘ
containsSea Andaman Sea ⓘ
Arabian Sea ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Laccadive Sea ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
experiencesNaturalHazard storm surges ⓘ
tropical cyclones ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Indian Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Indic Ocean
hasApproximateArea 27,240,000 square miles ⓘ
70,560,000 square kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageDepth 12,274 feet ⓘ
3,741 meters ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic strong seasonal monsoon winds in the northern part ⓘ
warmest average sea surface temperatures among major oceans ⓘ
hasDeepestPoint Java Trench ⓘ
Sunda Trench ⓘ
hasEquatorCrossing yes ⓘ
hasMajorCurrent Agulhas Current ⓘ
Indian Monsoon Current ⓘ
Leeuwin Current ⓘ
Somali Current ⓘ
South Equatorial Current ⓘ
West Australian Current ⓘ
hasMajorGyre Indian Ocean subtropical gyre ⓘ
hasMajorIsland Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
surface form: Andaman Islands

British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ
surface form: Chagos Archipelago

Christmas Island ⓘ
Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ
Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Maldives ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ
Great Nicobar Island ⓘ
surface form: Nicobar Islands

Réunion ⓘ
Seychelles ⓘ
Socotra ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasMajorPort Aden ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
Colombo ⓘ
Durban ⓘ
Jakarta ⓘ
Karachi ⓘ
Mombasa ⓘ
Mumbai ⓘ
Perth ⓘ
surface form: Perth (Fremantle)

Port Louis ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
hasMajorRimCountry Australia ⓘ
India ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
hasMarineEcosystem coral reefs ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
hasMarineResource major fisheries ⓘ
offshore oil and gas reserves ⓘ
polymetallic nodules ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth 23,812 feet ⓘ
7,258 meters ⓘ
hasStrategicStrait Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
surface form: Bab-el-Mandeb

Lombok Strait ⓘ
Mozambique Channel ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Sunda Strait ⓘ
hasTropicOfCancerCrossing yes ⓘ
hasTropicOfCapricornCrossing yes ⓘ
influencedBy Asian monsoon system ⓘ
isGovernedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
isMajorTradeRouteFor bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore ⓘ
container shipping between Europe and Asia ⓘ
oil shipments from the Middle East ⓘ
isNamedAfter India ⓘ
locatedOnPlanet Earth ⓘ
partOf World Ocean ⓘ
rankBySize third-largest ocean in the world ⓘ
wasSiteOfEvent 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ⓘ

Referenced by (1,417)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific War → location → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean → connectedTo → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean → connectedTo → Indian Ocean ⓘ
United States Navy → operatesIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Earth → hasOcean → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Equator → passesThrough → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Seven Years' War → theater → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Australia → liesOnOcean → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Dutch East India Company → tradingRegion → Indian Ocean ⓘ
India → hasCoastlineOn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Africa → bordersBodyOfWater → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Asia → bordersOcean → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean → borders → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Age of Sail → dominantRegion → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indonesia → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Persian Gulf → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean basin
VOC → operatedInRegion → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Java → surroundedBy → Indian Ocean ⓘ
South Africa → hasCoastlineOn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Anglo-Dutch Wars → mainTheater → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Antarctica → borderedByOcean → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Eastern Hemisphere → includesOcean → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Eastern Hemisphere → containsMostOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars → location → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Asia-Pacific → bordersOcean → Indian Ocean ⓘ
South Asia → borderedBy → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Combined Fleet → operationalArea → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → borderedBy → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indo-Australian Plate → extendsUnder → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere → containsPartOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Natal Colony → hasCoastlineOn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
First Air Fleet → theater → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Southeast Asia → locatedBetween → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Southeast Asia → borderedBy → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean → hasAlternativeName → Indian Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indic Ocean
Oceania → borderedByOcean → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Tropic of Capricorn → passesThrough → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Eurasia → borders → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Western Cape → locatedOn → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Western Cape → borders → Indian Ocean ⓘ
British Overseas Territories → region → Indian Ocean ⓘ
United States Indo-Pacific Command → areaOfResponsibilityIncludes → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Corsair International → operatesInRegion → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Campbell Bay National Park → borders → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Zambezi River → mouth → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Zambezi River → flowsInto → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Trincomalee → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Indian Ocean ⓘ
Trincomalee → isPortCityOn → Indian Ocean ⓘ