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14 SURVIVal at sea

Make Connections: THE WORLD’S OCEANS AND SEAS

The following chart lists the sizes of the world’s oceans and seas in square miles. The Pacific Ocean is by far the biggest at almost 64 million square miles.

Square miles Square km

Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

5,427,000 41,100,000

14,056,000 106,400,000

Baltic Sea Bering Sea

163,000 884,900

422,200

2,291,900 2,718,200 1,249,200 1,592,800 1,232,300 73,556,000 2,965,800

Caribbean Sea East China Sea Gulf of Mexico Hudson Bay Indian Ocean Mediterranean Sea

1,049,500

482,300 615,000 475,800

28,350,000 1,144,800

North Sea

222,100

575,200

Pacific Ocean

63,800,000

165,250,000

Red Sea

169,100 389,100 613,800 895,400 895,000 156,000

438,000

Sea of Japan

1,007,800 1,589,700 2,319,000 2,318,000

Sea of Okhotsk South China Sea South China Sea

Yellow Sea

404,000