Seas of the Southern Ocean: table

Below is a table with the seas of the so-called Southern Ocean, which includes their names, area (in thousands of square kilometers), average and greatest depth (in meters), as well as the main ocean of which they are part.

numberName of the seaAverage depth, mMaximum depth, mmain ocean
1The Amundsen Sea98286585Quiet
2Bellingshausen’s Sea48726504470Quiet
3Davis Sea215711369Indian
4The sea of ​​Durville3155003610Quiet
5Sea of ​​Astronauts69919004798Indian
6The sea of ​​Lazarev33530004500Atlantic
7Mawson’s Sea3333501000Indian
8Sea of ​​Rieser-Larsen1138,318003657Indian
9Ross Sea4396772972Quiet
10The sea of ​​Scotia130030966022Atlantic
11Sea of ​​the Commonwealth2585003000Indian
12The Somov Sea115014003000Quiet
13The Weddell Sea292030006820Atlantic

South ocean – conditional “fifth ocean”; is a collection of the southern parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans that surround the mainland.

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