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.

Royal Netherlands Navy → operatesIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet → operatesIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

U.S. Africa Command → operatesIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

United States Navy → operatesIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Seventh Fleet → operatesIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet

Corsair International → operatesInRegion → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Combined Fleet → operationalArea → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Second Fleet → operationalArea → Indian Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Sixth Fleet → operationalArea → Indian Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Sixth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Galle International Stadium → overlooks → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Koneswaram Temple → overlooks → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Villa Somalia → overlooks → Indian Ocean ⓘ

French Republic → overseasTerritoriesIn → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Arabian Sea → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Bali Strait → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Batticaloa Lagoon → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Ocean drainage basin

Bay of Bengal → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of Aden → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of Oman → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Java Trench → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Laccadive Sea → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Mozambique Channel → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Persian Gulf → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Ocean basin

Red Sea → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Sealark Channel → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Timor Sea → partOf → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Equator → passesThrough → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Tropic of Capricorn → passesThrough → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Sunda Trench → physiographicProvince → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Ocean basin

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → primaryTheater → Indian Ocean ⓘ

British Overseas Territories → region → Indian Ocean ⓘ

French → region → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Seychellois Creole → region → Indian Ocean ⓘ

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami → regionAffected → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Pirates → regionOfActivity → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: IndianOcean

2nd Carrier Division → regionOfOperations → Indian Ocean ⓘ

AFRINIC → regionServed → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Ocean region

RAAF Base Edinburgh → regionServed → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Indian/Christmas → regionType → Indian Ocean ⓘ

RV Sonne → researchArea → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Jubba River → riverSystem → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Ocean basin

HMS Challenger → route → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Voyage to the Moluccas → route → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Victoria (ship) → routeIncluded → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Maputo → sea → Indian Ocean ⓘ

First Portuguese India Armada → seaCrossed → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Air France → serves → Indian Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Ocean region

Captain Phillips → setInLocation → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Sinbad the Sailor → settingRegion → Indian Ocean ⓘ

Southwest monsoon → sourceRegion → Indian Ocean ⓘ