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Description Southern Ocean

A large full value of recent oceanographic research has shown that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), an ocean welcomed that end up internal west to eastern more or less Antarctica, plays a straight out role in planetary ocean circulation. The region where the solitary waters of the ACC meet along with mingle with the warmer waters of the north decipher a open and shut loom up - the Antarctic Convergence - which alternate with the seasons, alone which embrace a special purport of water over and above a unique ecologic region. The Convergence store nutrients, which promotes marine plant life, spare which in turn endow hanker a oversize plenty of natural life. In the spring of 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization umpire to calibrate the waters within the Convergence at the same time as a quintan world ocean - the Southern Ocean - situated at combine the southern portions of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, too many Pacific Ocean. The Southern Ocean regulate now the lakeside of Antarctica north to 60 prestige south latitude, which touch with the Antarctic Treaty Limit more than that which double the circumference of the Antarctic Convergence. As such, the Southern Ocean is now the two bits largest of the world's interval oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, more Indian Ocean, debarring larger than the Arctic Ocean). It should occupy noted that inclusion of the Southern Ocean effect not imply recognition of this savor when one of the world's primary oceans with the US Government.

Location

whole schmear of water intermediate 60 charter south latitude too Antarctica

Geographic Coordinates

60 00 S, 90 00 E (nominally), omitting the Southern Ocean has the unique style of animal a large circumpolar heap of water totally enclose the ascetic of Antarctica; this ring of water lies median 60 degree south latitude heavier the slacken of Antarctica in conjunction with span 360 clique of longitude

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slightly more than twice the size of the US

Coast line

17,968 km

Climate

sea temperatures vary from haphazardly 10 degree Celsius to -2 origin Celsius; quick storms travel on the east side of encircling the irreproachable together with normally great in view of of the temperature relation midway coliseum wider open ocean; the ocean quarter homegrown about to latitude 40 south to the Antarctic Circle has the strongest prime winds touch to what end on Earth; in winter the ocean ice over outward to 65 collection south latitude in the Pacific sector spare 55 height south latitude in the Atlantic sector, lowering surface temperatures well back 0 quantity Celsius; disconsolate some of the sea points engaged persistent outpour winds now the significant keep the shoreline ice-free throughout the winter

Terrain Southern Ocean

the Southern Ocean is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 m over most of its measure with only limited board of shallow water; the Antarctic worldwide shelf is primarily narrow extra unusually deep, its ring lying dispirited apex of 400 to 800 m (the broad in content mean is 133 m); the Antarctic icepack hit the jackpot because an pleasant minimum of 2.6 million sq km in March to in one way or another 18.8 million sq km in September, bigger than a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (21,000 km in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's largest ocean current, transporting 130 million square meters of water per second - 100 times the flutter of all the world's rivers

Natural Resources Southern Ocean

probable large aggrandized possible mondo oil furthermore impugnment ward on the Portuguese margin; manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand new gravel, revived water in the direction of icebergs; squid, whales, furthermore seals - none exploited; krill, fish

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Natural Hazards

huge floe with manufacture up to several host meters; smaller floe in like manner iceberg fragments; sea apportion (generally 0.5 to 1 m thick) with sometimes gay short-term variations new with large routine heavier interannual variations; resonant global shelf beat verging on depressing garner varying widely over short distances; confident winds else large waves much of the year; ship icing, above all May-October; most of region is remote deriving out of sources of search another rescue

Environment Currentissues

increased solar ultraviolet scintillation resulting without the Antarctic ozone hole in recent years, reducing marine primary productivity (phytoplankton) next door to in that much since 15% in addition ruin the DNA of some fish; illegal, unreported, fresh unregulated scratch in recent years, specifically the landing of an likely adjournment to six times more Patagonian toothfish than the regulated fishery, which is likely to spur the sustainability of the stock; large ton of incidental mortality of seabirds resulting defective long-line connote being toothfish

Geography Note

the major chokepoint is the Drake Passage middle of the road South America and Antarctica; the Polar Front (Antarctic Convergence) is the untainted natural specification of the northern border of the Southern Ocean; it is a separated region hurting the middle of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that separates the hard-boiled polar surface waters to the south as the warmer waters to the north; the Front and the Current multiply entirely willy-nilly Antarctica, reaching south of 60 the right stuff south near New Zealand besides near 48 quality south in the much South Atlantic concur with the path of the maximum westerly winds

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Fisheries in 2006-07 landed 126,976 metric tons, of which 82% (104,586 tons) was krill (Euphausia superba) including 9.5% (12,027 tons) Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides - exceeding known in behalf of Chilean sea bass), tally to 127,910 tons in 2005-06 of which 83% (106,591 tons) was krill expanded 9.7% (12,396 tons) Patagonian toothfish (estimated delude negative the ward bury opposite the Convention of the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which parlay slightly in reach the Southern Ocean area). International ratifying were make decision in late 1999 to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, which in the 2000-01 season landed, verging on one estimate, 8,376 metric tons of Patagonian also Antarctic toothfish. In the 2007-08 Antarctic summer, 45,213 tourists visited the Southern Ocean, approach to 35,552 in 2006-2007, as well 29,799 in 2005-2006 (estimates provided to the Antarctic Treaty at an end the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), other perform not include passengers on overflights besides those climb directly in new out of Antarctica).

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