Largest Islands
Island Location and Status Area in Sq. km.
Greenland North Atlantic (Danish) 217597 New Guinea Southwest Pacific (Irian, Jaya, Indonesian, West part; Papua Mew Guinea, east part) 820033 Borneo West mid Pacific (Indonesian, south part; British protectorate and Malaysian, north part) 743107 Madagascar Indian Ocean (Malagasy Republic) 587042 Baffin North Atlantic (Canadian) 476068 Sumatra Northeast Indian Ocean (Indonesian) 473605 Honshu Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) 230316 Great Britain Off Cost North West Europe (England, Scotland and Wales) 229883 Ellesmere Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 212688 Victoria Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 212199 Celebes West mid Pacific (Indonesian) 189034 South Island South Pacific (New Zealand) 150461 Java Indian Ocean (Indonesian) 126884 North Island South Pacific (New Zealand) 114688 Cuba Caribbean Sea (Republic) 114525 Newfoundland North Atlantic (Canadian) 110681 Luzon West mid Pacific (Philippines) 104688 Iceland North Atlantic (Republic) 102999 Mindanao West mid Pacific (Philippines) 94631 Novayo Zemia Arctic Ocean (Russia) 90650 Ireland West of Great Britain (republic, south part; United Kingdom, north part) 84426 Hokkaido Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) 78663 Hispaniola Caribbean Sea (Dominican Republic, east part; Haiti, west part) 76029 Tasmania South of Australia (Australian) 67897 Sri Lanka Indian Ocean (Republic) 65610 Sakhalin ((Karafuto) North of Japan (CIS) 63610 Banks Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 60166 Devon Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 54030 Tierra dei Fuego Southern tip of South America (Argentina, east part; Chilean, west part) 48187 Kyushu Sea of Japan-Pacific (Japanese) 42018 Melville Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 41805 Axel Heiberg Arctic Ocean (Canadian) 40868 Southampton Hudson Bay (Canadian) 40663
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Oceans & Seas
Oceans
Ocean with adjacent seas Area in million sq. km. % of world area Greatest depth Greatest depth location Avg. depth Pacific 181.20 35.52 11033 Marina Trench 4028 Atlantic 106.48 20.88 9219 Puerto Rico Trench 3926 Indian 74.06 14.52 7455 Java Trench 3963 Total 361.74 70.92 If the adjacent seas are detached and the Artic regarded as an ocean the the oceanic areas may be listed as : Ocean Area in Sq. Km. % of sea area Pacific 165,760,000 46.0 Atlantic 82,400,000 23.9 Indian 65,526,700 20.3 Artic 14,090,000 3.7 Other Seas 22,280,000 6.1 Total 361,740,000 100.0
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Seas
Principal Seas Area ins Sq. Km. Avg. Depth in Met. South China Sea 2974,600 1,200 Caribbean Sea 2,753,000 2,400 Mediterranean Sea 2,503,000 1,485 Bering Sea 2,268,180 1,400 Gulf of Mexico 1,542,985 1,500 Sea of Okhotsk 1,527,570 840 East China Sea 1,249,150 180 Hudson Bay 1,232,300 120 Sea of Japan 1,007,500 1,370 Andaman Sea 797,700 865 North Sea 575,300 90 Black Sea 461,980 1,100 Red Sea 437,700 490 Baltic Sea 422,160 55 Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) 238,790 24 Gulf of St. Lawrence 237,760 120 Gulf of California 162,000 810 English Channel 89,900 54 Irish Sea 88,500 60 Bass Strait 75,000 70
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Deep Sea Trenches
Name Length in Km.
Deepest Point Depth in Met.
Marina Trench (West Pacific) 2,250 Challenger Deep 117,776 Tonga-Kermadec Trench (South Pacific) 2,575 Vityaz 11 (Tonga) 10,850 Kuril-Kamachatka Trench (West Pacific) 2,250 10,542 Philippine Trench (West Pacific) 1,325 Galathea Deep 10,539 Idzu-Bonin Trench (Sometimes included in the Japan Trench) 1,325 9,810 New Hebrides Trench (South Pacific) 320+ North Trench 9,165 Solomon or New Britain Trench (South Pacific) 640 9,140 Puerto Rico Trench (West Atlantic) 800 Milwaukee Deep 8,648 Yap Trench (West Pacific) 560 8,527 Japan Trench (West Pacific) 1,600 8,412 South Sandwich trench (South Atlantic) 965 Meteor Deep 8,263 Aleutian Trench (North Pacific) 3,200 8,100 Peru-Chile (Atakama) Trench (East Pacific) 3,540 Bartholomew Deep 8,064 Palau Trench (some times included in Yap Trench) 8,050
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