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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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Indian Ocean basin	6
Indian Ocean region	3
western Indian Ocean	3
Indian Ocean drainage basin	2
Indian Ocean and Western Australia	1
Indian Ocean sector	1
IndianOcean	1
Indic Ocean	1
Northern Indian Ocean	1
Western Indian Ocean	1
eastern Indian Ocean	1
southern Indian Ocean	1

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 (366)

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

Agulhas Current → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Amini → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Andaman Islands → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Andaman and Nicobar Islands → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Arabian Sea → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Indian Ocean

Bali → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Bazaruto Archipelago → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

British Ceylon → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

British Indian Ocean Territory → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Central Indian Ridge → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Christmas Island → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Cocos (Keeling) Islands → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Comoros → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Galathea National Park → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Great Nicobar Island → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Indian Ocean Ridge system → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Indian Ocean trade network → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Indo-Pacific region → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Indonesia → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Kiltan → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Laccadive Sea → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Leeuwin Current → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Little Andaman Island → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Lombok → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Madagascar → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Maldives → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Male → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Malé

Mauritius → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Mayotte → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Mozambique Channel → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Indian Ocean

Nicobar Islands → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

North Andaman Island → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

North Sentinel Island → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Pluto Island → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Port Louis → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Port of Maputo → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Quirimbas Archipelago → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Rodrigues fruit bat → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Réunion → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Reunion → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Réunion

Sealark Channel → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Seychelles → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Socotra → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Somali Current → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Indian Ocean

Somali Sea region → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

South Andaman Island → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

South Equatorial Current → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Southeast Indian Ridge → locatedIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Indian Ocean