The Fifth Ocean of the planet.

How many oceans are there on earth? We have the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic, the Indian Oceans, the Arctic and there was controversy about the fifth ocean, the Antarctic Ocean or the Southern Ocean.

< The cartographers of the national geographic magazine were among those who did not recognize the southern ocean as an ocean, but on June 8, coinciding with the & # x27; day of the oceans, they decided to rectify and recognize that the mass of water that surrounds Antarctica has unique characteristics, which make it worthy of the title of ocean.

This mass of water extends from the coast of Antarctica to about 60 degrees south latitude and has a surface area of ​​20 million 327 thousand square kilometers, this places this southern ocean in fourth place by size, since it exceeds the Arctic Ocean , which is located at the north pole, which has an area of ​​about 14 million square kilometers.

Among sailors it was always clear the existence of this southern ocean but there was never an international agreement among scientists, what makes the southern ocean unique is the Antarctic circumpolar current, which was created about 34 million years ago when the Mar de Hoces, which is the one that separates the frozen continent of South America, that current isolated Antarctica from the influence of the outside world since it prevents the masses of warm air from passing the barrier of 60 degrees south latitude.

The current is also responsible for the ecology of the southern ocean being so different from that of other oceans and hosting a unique habitat for thousands of species, all these things make this southern water mass deserve the title of ocean, the fifth ocean of the planet.

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