Antarctic Ocean

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Southern_Ocean
gptkbp:area approximately 20,327,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
gptkbp:contains krill
seals
whales
penguins
ice shelves
icebergs
pack ice
gptkbp:deepestPoint gptkb:South_Sandwich_Trench
gptkbp:firstDescribed early 20th century
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Antarctic_Treaty_System
gptkbp:hasCurrent gptkb:Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current
gptkbp:hasIsland gptkb:Scotia_Sea
gptkb:South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkb:Amery_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Cook_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Cooperation_Sea
gptkb:Cosmonauts_Sea
gptkb:D'Urville_Sea
gptkb:Davis_Sea
gptkb:Ellsworth_Land
gptkb:Enderby_Land
gptkb:Filchner-Ronne_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Fimbul_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:King_Haakon_VII_Sea
gptkb:Lützow-Holm_Bay
gptkb:Larsen_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Lazarev_Sea
gptkb:Marguerite_Bay
gptkb:Mawson_Sea
gptkb:Mertz_Glacier_Tongue
gptkb:Palmer_Land
gptkb:Prydz_Bay
gptkb:Riiser-Larsen_Sea
gptkb:Shackleton_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Somer_Sea
gptkb:Somov_Sea
gptkb:Totten_Glacier
gptkb:Victoria_Land
gptkb:West_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Wilkes_Land
gptkb:Wilkins_Sound
gptkb:Amundsen_Sea
gptkb:Balleny_Islands
gptkb:Bellingshausen_Sea
gptkb:Bouvet_Island
gptkb:Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands
gptkb:Marie_Byrd_Land
gptkb:Peter_I_Island
gptkb:Queen_Maud_Land
gptkb:Ross_Sea
gptkb:South_Orkney_Islands
gptkb:South_Shetland_Islands
gptkb:Weddell_Sea
gptkb:Alexander_Island
gptkb:Graham_Land
gptkb:Mawson_Coast
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Antarctic Ocean
gptkbp:importantFor climate regulation
global ocean circulation
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity fishing
scientific research
gptkbp:mainLanguage none
gptkbp:maximumDepth 7,236 meters
3,270 meters
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:International_Hydrographic_Organization
gptkbp:population uninhabited
gptkbp:recognizedAsOceanSince 2000
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:International_Hydrographic_Organization
gptkbp:region 021
gptkbp:salinity lowest among the world's oceans
gptkbp:temperature -2 to 10 degrees Celsius
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:fish
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4