Geography context This entry is releated to the seas and oceans. OCEANS Oceans map Arctic Ocean: It covers about 14,056,000 km² of extension and its depths range between 2000 m and 4000 m in the central region. The waters of the Arctic Ocean remain under thick layers of ice for the most part. Pacific Ocean: It occupies one third of its surface. Area 165.700.000 km². The Pacific contains approximately 25,000 islands (more than all the other oceans in the world combined). Atlantic ocean: It is the second largest ocean on Earth after the Pacific Ocean with 106.400.000km2 . It occupies 20% of the surface of the planet. It is also the youngest ocean on the planet, formed 200 million years ago by the division of the supercontinent Pangea. Indic ocean: The Indian Ocean covers approximately 20% of the planet's surface. I ts area is 73.556.000 km². In the southern hemisphere of the ocean, in its central region, typical storms are created continuously, A...