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QWhat is the third largest Ocean of the World?

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  • A Indian Ocean ✔ ✖
  • B Pacific Ocean ✔ ✖
  • C Atlantic Ocean ✔ ✖
  • D Arctic Ocean ✔ ✖
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The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface). It is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean or, depending on definition, by Antarctica. It is named after the Indian subcontinent. The Indian Ocean is known as Ratn?kara, "the mine of gems" in ancient Sanskrit literature, and as Hind Mah?s?gar , in Hindi.

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