Southern Ocean
the waters surrounding Antarctica, comprising the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, with its deepest section in the South Sandwich Trench. 8,478,800 square miles (21,960,000 square kilometers).
Origin of Southern Ocean
1- Formerly Antarctic Ocean .
Words Nearby Southern Ocean
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How to use Southern Ocean in a sentence
The Australians speak with awe of what they call the Great Southern Ocean.
"We have the show that may be the closing note on whaling in the Southern Ocean," she said.
It thus comes about that the tide throughout the Atlantic basin is much higher than in the Southern Ocean.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerOnly in the Southern Ocean can the waters obey the lunar and solar attraction in anything like a normal way.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerIn Otaheite, an island in the Southern Ocean, we are presented with women of a singular character.
The difficulties of sounding in the Southern Ocean were much increased by the almost constant, heavy swell.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe steep swell of the Southern Ocean breaks heavily along the coast.
The League of the Leopard | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for Southern Ocean
another name for the Antarctic Ocean
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