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World Map with Oceans


World Oceans Map is the world map with oceans, seas, and continents. How many oceans and seas are there in the world? Where are they situated? Know everything about the oceans of the world from these continents and oceans map. This map of oceans and seas helps you find out where the major 5 oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans) are located. As there are no physical divisions to separate different oceans, they are collectively called the global ocean. 7 continents and 5 oceans map also show where North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia are located with respect to different oceans.
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Oceans and smaller seas constitute around 71% of the Earth’s surface. If we consider the smaller in addition to the 5 major oceans, the total area, total volume, and average depth of the ocean is around 361,000,000 sq km (139,382,879 sq mi), 1,370,000,000 km³ (328,680,479 mi³), and 3,790 m (12,434 ft) respectively.

The World Oceans Map is a world map with Oceans labeled, providing you a detailed view of the list of oceans in the world. This is a large world map in Robinson Projection that not only helps you find out the 5 major oceans but also the 7 continents and all seas including:



  • Black Sea
  • Arabian Sea
  • South China Sea
  • Sea of Japan (East Sea)
  • Bay of Bengal
  • Hudson Bay
  • Gulf of Alaska
  • Yellow Sea
  • East Siberian Sea
  • Scotia Sea
  • The Tasman Sea, and many more.



A sea is defined as a portion of the ocean that is partly surrounded by lands. Seas can be as large as 2.6 million sq km (1 million sq mi) in areas such as the Caribbean Sea or they can be as small as less than 12,950 sq km (5,000 sq mi) in the area as the Sea of Marmara. The Black Sea and the Aegean Sea are connected by this tiny Turkish Sea, the Sea of Marmara. Some of the notable smaller seas are:
  • Laptev
  • Kara
  • Chukchi
  • Beaufort
  • Barents
  • Norwegian
  • Greenland
  • Wandel
  • Lincoln
  • East Siberian, and others



The youngest sea in the world is the Baltic Sea in Scandinavia. It was formed 10,000 and 15,000 years back due to the erosion of glaciers. It has a unique mix of saltwater and freshwater. That’s what makes the Baltic Sea the largest brackish water body on earth. This is the reason you’ll find a wide array of freshwater and saltwater plants and animals in the Baltic Sea.

A sea can also be completely landlocked. The most famous example of such a sea is the Caspian Sea, which is located between Russia and Iran. As it is completely landlocked, the Caspian Sea is also known as the largest lake in the world. There are other instances of landlocked seas in the world and they are the Dead Sea and the Aral Sea.

The seas on earth have a wide range of sizes, locations, and temperatures. Therefore, marine ecosystems also vary to a large extent due to these varying factors.

The warmth of a sea also varies but most of them remain very warm during most of the year. The average temperature of the Red Sea is around 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). The Red Sea is also the saltiest sea because it contains 41 parts of salt per 1,000 parts of seawater.


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However, not all seas have warm water. The location of the sea has a profound effect on the sea temperature. For instance, the surface water temperature of the Greenland Sea hovers near the freezing mark during most of the year.

Whether you are looking for a blank, outline, printable, high resolution, or customized world map with oceans, seas, continent names, latitude & longitude, equator, tropic of cancer, and other imaginary geographical lines, you’ll find everything of your choice at MapOfWorld.com.

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