Question

define Indian Ocean
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Answer 1

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• The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km² or 19.8% of the water on Earth's surface.
• It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east.
• To the south it is bounded by the Southern Ocean or Antarctica, depending on the definition in use.

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Answer 2

The Indian Ocean has been known by its present name since at least 1515 when the Latin form Oceanus Orientalis Indicus ("Indian Eastern Ocean") is attested, named for India, which projects into it. ... Conversely, Chinese explorers in the Indian Ocean during the 15th century called it the Western Oceans.

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