Tukuk-OS🌊 Smallest and shallowest ocean
Arctic Ocean · about 15.6 million km² (6 million sq mi)
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🌊 Smallest and shallowest ocean
about 15.6 million km² (6 million sq mi)
Arctic Ocean · Around the North Pole
The Arctic is the ocean the size of a continent and the shallowest of them all, capped much of the year by drifting sea ice that has been thinning rapidly in recent decades.
Record at a glance
| Record | Smallest and shallowest ocean |
|---|---|
| Feature | Arctic Ocean |
| Measurement | about 15.6 million km² (6 million sq mi) |
| Location | Around the North Pole |
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