DIMENSIONS OF THE OCEAN AND MARGINAL SEAS

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Area		Mean Depth		Volume
Body of Water	thousands of square km	thousands of square miles	meters	feet	thousands of cubic km	thousands of cubic miles
Oceans
Arctic	14,090	5,440	1,205	3,954	17,000	4,100
North Pacific	83,462	32,225	3,858	12,658	322,000	77,200
South Pacific	65,521	25,298	3,891	12,766	254,900	61,150
North Atlantic	46,772	18,059	3,285	10,778	153,600	36,850
South Atlantic	37,364	14,426	4,091	13,423	152,800	36,660
Indian	81,602	31,507	4,284	14,056	349,600	83,870
Antarctic (Southern)	32,249	12,451	3,730	12,238	120,300	28,860
Tributaries to the Arctic Ocean
Norwegian Sea	1,383	534	1,742	5,716	2,408	578
Greenland Sea	1,205	465	1,444	4,738	1,740	417
Barents Sea	1,405	542	229	751	322	77
White Sea	90	35	89	292	8	2
Kara Sea	883	341	118	387	104	25
Laptev Sea	650	251	519	1,703	338	81
East Siberian Sea	901	348	58	190	53	13
Chukchi Sea	582	225	88	289	51	12
Beaufort Sea	476	184	1,004	3,294	478	115
Baffin Bay	689	266	861	2,825	593	142
Tributaries to the North Atlantic
North Sea	600	232	91	299	55	13
Baltic Sea	386	149	86	282	33	8
Mediterranean	2,516	971	1,494	4,902	3,758	902
Black Sea	461	178	1,166	3,826	537	129
Caribbean Sea	2,754	1,063	2,491	8,173	6,860	1,646
Gulf of Mexico	1,543	596	1,512	4,961	2,332	559
Gulf of Saint Lawrence	238	92	127	417	30	7
Hudson Bay	1,232	476	128	420	158	38
Tributary to the South Atlantic
Gulf of Guinea	1,533	592	2,996	9,830	4,592	1,102
Tributaries to the Indian Ocean
Red Sea	450	174	588	1,831	251	60
Persian Gulf	241	93	40	131	10	2
Arabian Sea	3,863	1,492	2,734	8,970	10,561	2,534
Bay of Bengal	2,172	839	2,586	8,485	5,616	1,347
Andaman Sea	602	232	1,096	3,596	660	158
Great Australian Bight	484	187	950	3,117	459	110
Tributaries to the North Pacific
Gulf of California	177	68	818	2,684	145	35
Gulf of Alaska	1,327	512	2,431	7,976	3,226	774
Bering Sea	2,304	890	1,598	5,243	3,683	884
Sea of Okhotsk	1,590	614	859	2,818	1,365	327
Sea of Japan	978	378	1,752	5,748	1,713	411
Yellow Sea	417	161	40	131	17	4
East China Sea	752	290	349	1,145	263	63
Sulu Sea	420	162	1,139	3,737	478	115
Celebes Sea	472	182	3,291	10,798	1,553	373
Tributaries to both the North and South Pacific
South China Sea	3,685	1,423	1,060	3,478	3,907	937
Makassar Strait	194	75	967	3,173	188	45
Molukka Sea	307	119	1,880	6,168	578	139
Ceram Sea	187	72	1,209	3,967	227	54
Tributaries to the South Pacific
Java Sea	433	167	46	151	20	5
Bali Sea	119	46	411	1,348	49	12
Flores Sea	121	47	1,829	6,001	222	53
Savu Sea	105	41	1,701	5,581	178	43
Banda Sea	695	268	3,064	10,053	2,129	511
Ceram Sea	187	72	1,209	3,967	227	54
Timor Sea	615	237	406	1,332	250	60
Arafura Sea	1,037	400	197	646	204	49
Coral Sea	4,791	1,850	2,394	7,855	11,470	2,752

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