ANTARTIC - Also known by Southern Ocean, Antarctic Ocean is the name dice to the group of the waters that you/they take a bath the Antarctic Continent, but that constitute Oceano Atlantic's southern prolongation, Oceano Pacífico and Indian Ocean in reality. Many cientists, oceanógrafos and geographers, don't recognize the existence of the Antarctic Ocean, considering it as a junction of parts of the other oceans.
The Antarctic Glacial Ocean if extende from the Antarctic coast to 60° S, conventional límite with the Oceano Atlântico, the Oceano Pacífico and Indian Ocean. It is the penúltimo ocean in extension (the Oceano Ártico is only smaller). Formally, its extension was defined by the Organization International Hidrográfica in the year 2000 and it coincides with the límites fastened by the Antarctic Agreement.
The Antarctic Ocean is the only to surround the globe in a complete way, and it circulates Antártida completely. He/she has a surface of 20.327.000 km², a figure that understands to the outlying seas: the Sea of Amundsen, the Sea of Bellingshausen, leaves of the Passage of Drake, the Sea of Ross and the Sea of Weddell. The firm earth is visible on the ocean with 17.968 km of coast.
Climate THE temperature of the sea varía of +10° C to -2 °C. Storms ciclónicas if moven of the East rotating about of the Antarctic continent and they are frequently of strong intensity, and they are the cause of the temperature difference between the ices and the open ocean.
The oceanic surface is among the 40° of South latitude and Average Circumpolar Antártica that he/she has the winds more forts of the planet. In the winter the ocean extends until 65° S en direction to Pacific and until 55° S in direction to Atlantic, leaving the superficial temperature below zero. En algunas backs, los fuertes y constant vientos coming del interior mantienen la coast libre of hielo también en invierno.
The Layer that is formed about of the Antarctic continent, is of approximately 1 m of depth, possesses at least 2,6 km² millones in March and it arrives at the maximum of 18,8 million km² en September, an increase of more than seven times. Average Circumpolar Antártica, of 21.000 km of width, moves eternally to the East. It is the largest current of the world, and it transports 130 million m³/s, 100 times more than all the rivers of the together Earth. The waves can be very high. The Antarctic icebergs can possess imposing dimensions, extendendo-if for kilômetros and they constitute a danger for the sailing.
The deepest point of the ocean meets in the southern end of Fossa Sandwich of the South and it reaches 7.235 m of depth oceanic Fund THE Antarctic Ocean, with a depth generally understood among 4.000 y 5.000 meters, it is a deep ocean with little narrow zones of not very deep waters. The Antarctic continental platform is narrow and relatively deep in relation to the other ones: of the 400 to the 800 meters, against a world average of 133 meters Natural Resources The natural resources of the Antarctic Ocean have not still been exploited, there is the presence of big lied of petroleum and natural gas in the proximities of the Antarctic continent and of manganeso nodules. The ice that copper Antártida is the largest reservation of fresh water of the world: almost 81% of the total.