Third Largest Ocean In The World

The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world. Four critically important access waterways are the Suez Canal (Egypt), Bab el Mandeb (Djibouti-Yemen), Strait of Hormuz (Iran-Oman), and Strait of Malacca (Indonesia-Malaysia).
                                            68.556 million sq km. This contains Andaman Sea

                                                                    Arabian Sea

                                                                      Bay of Bengal

                                                                          Flores Sea

                                                                     Great Australian Bight



Gulf of Aden


Gulf of Oman

Java Sea

Mozambique Channel

Persian Gulf

Red Sea

Savu Sea


Strait of Malacca

Timor Sea

and other tributary water bodies.