Since when have there been five oceans?

Is there a new Ocean or something?

On google maps there are the four normal oceans.

Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean

but wait, now there's one more! It's the Southern Ocean. Zoom in on Antarctica on google maps and check for yourself. It is south of the Pacific and Atlantic, almost like an opposite Arctic Ocean.

What's up with that?

When did that happen?


This isn't about the Timeline shift thingy... unless I'm the only one who things there use to be four oceans.


mod edit, spelling in title


[edit on Fri Mar 5 2010 by DontTreadOnMe]

You forgot Billy Ocean

Seriously, I never heard of the "Southern Ocean". My guess is that it is an error on behalf of one of the many "geniuses" employed by Google.

EDIT: to add a wiki link on the topic of "southern ocean"

en.wikipedia.org...

[edit on 4-3-2010 by Aggie Man]

reply to post by Phlynx


I never thought I would reply to one of these threads but I am with you on this one.

Unless some paper pushers labeled it this way...I was taught in high school a mere 9 years ago that there were 4 oceans.

That said I am laying the blame of the guys who make the maps..at least until I know more .

The Southern Ocean wasn't officially designated an Ocean until the year 2000... or so this web site says
Worlds 5 Oceans

Originally posted by Shark_Feeder
reply to post by Phlynx

 

I never thought I would reply to one of these threads but I am with you on this one.

Unless some paper pushers labeled it this way...I was taught in high school a mere 9 years ago that there were 4 oceans.

That said I am laying the blame of the guys who make the maps..at least until I know more

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I googled it... it is a new ocean, but it was never on the news. Usually something like that would make the news fairly quickly.

I am trying SO HARD not to say: OMG!!! When did Antarctica separate from Australia!?!" But instead, I'll simply say: "Well spotted." It is actually possible that there has been an official revision of nomenclature by the governing international body. You know, the folks that waffle over Persian/Arabian Gulf. I'll look into this one after "Star Trek" and post the results at my leisure.

Originally posted by earthchild
The Southern Ocean wasn't officially designated an Ocean until the year 2000... or so this web site says
Worlds 5 Oceans

Two things different from school days. Pluto isn't a planet, and there are five oceans. Maybe there will be a new continent?

reply to post by earthchild


The Southern Ocean wasn't officially designated an Ocean until the year 2000... or so this web site says
Worlds 5 Oceans

Well. there you are then. What's this? Greenland and Iceland have switched places?!?!

7 seas 5 oceans 4 oceans 52 states? Ive heared of the Antarctic sea but never the southern ocean but may be it is something new.

Are you really surprised? do you have any idea how many Americans thick that there are 52 states? and most people especially Americans cant pass the citizenship test an immigrant to their country would have to take?


but i Did fin this

Aug 20 2009 In 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization created the fifth and newest world ocean - the Southern Ocean - from the southern portions of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. The new Southern Ocean completely surrounds Antarctica.

The New Fifth Ocean
peace

Not to b picky but the correct word is SINCE... not SENSE

SENSE of touch... humor

to have the sense of mind to call 911

SINCE a conjunction

Larry's not coming since his back hurts.

because... for the reason that... seeing that/as

btw definitions are from iMac dictionary

It is being picky BUT if you want to be taken serious little grasshopper your
post titles should be grammatically correct.

Sent in friendship

Every pirate knows there are seven seas

en.wikipedia.org...

reply to post by DisIllusioned PatRiot


52 states! Why not? We could split CA in half - maybe it will do it itself (hope not!) Or we could annex a couple of small countries. Haiti might like to be a state... Or maybe you are counting Guam and Puerto Rico. How many folks read your post and didn't even get it?
Your right, it's sad out there.

The ignorance in this thread is astounding.

It seems that unless something is right under your nose, it doesn't exist.

It's been called the Southern Ocean for a long time, officially or not.

nla.gov.au...

reply to post by Phlynx

Two things different from school days.

I would hate to have to list the things that are different now than when I was in school.

I feel old enough as it is.


[edit on 3/4/2010 by Phage]

Last I heard it was 80+ Seas and 5 Oceans.

*The Ancients did not have a well defined definition for Seas/Oceans so the phrase "Seven Seas" (as in "sail the Seven Seas") can refer either to a particular set of seas or to a great expanse of water ...

*ya'll should look at maps every now and again*


OCEANS:
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Southern Ocean (added 2000 or 2001?)
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ARCTIC SEAS:
The Laptev (Nordenskjold) Sea
The Barents Sea
The East Siberian Sea
The Beaufort Sea
The Chuckchi Sea
The White Sea
The Norwegian Sea
The Greenland Sea
The Queen Victoria Sea
The Lincoln Sea
The Wandel or McKinley Sea
The Kara Sea

ANTARCTIC SEAS:
The Ross Sea
The Davis Sea
The Weddel Sea
The Amundsen Sea
The Bellighausen Sea

ATLANTIC/MEDITERRANEAN SEAS:
The Caribbean Sea
The North Sea
The Irish Sea
The Sea of the Hebrides
The Celtic Sea
The Baltic Sea
The Bothian Sea
The Scotia Sea
The Labrador Sea
The Sargasso Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The Balearic Sea
The Ligurian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea
The Ionian Sea
The Adriatic Sea
The Aegean Sea
The Sea of Marmara
The Thracian Sea
The Sea of Crete

PACIFIC SEAS:
The Philippine Sea
The Sulu Sea
The Koro Sea
The Java Sea
The Halmahera Sea
The Mindanao Sea
The Savu Sea
The Sunda Sea
The Arafura Sea
The Celebs Sea
The Molucca Sea
The Bismark Sea
The Coral Sea
The Solomon Sea
The Tasman Sea
The Bohol Sea
The Visayan Sea
The Camotes Sea
The Bali Sea
The Sibuyan Sea
The Flores Sea
The Timor Sea
The Banda Sea
The Ceram Sea

ASIAN SEAS (INCLUDING JAPAN):
The Aral Sea
The Caspian Sea
The Black Sea
The Sea of Azov
The Red Sea
The Arabian Sea
The Laccidive Sea
The Andaman Sea
The South China Sea
The East China Sea
The Yellow Sea
The Sea of Japan
The Sea of Okhotsk
The Dead Sea
The Sea of Galilee

SEAS WITHIN JAPAN:
The Yatsushiro Sea
The Sagami Sea
The Seto Sea
The Iyo Sea
The Harima Sea
The Inland Sea
The Amakusa Sea

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ETA: not certain I listed all of the Seas, but I think I'm close.



[edit on 4-3-2010 by LadySkadi]

reply to post by Phlynx


Seems to me that this is just a labeling issue.

reply to post by ManAnimal


It really is labeling... on some maps the Atlantic Ocean is broken into North and South Atlantic and the Pacific is also broken into North and South Pacific... making it look like there are 7 oceans.

I just spent an afternoon helping my niece break all this down for a grade school Geography lesson and it has become more complicated to learn. I remember learning the "main" Seas and the Oceans... she has to learn all that I listed! Yikes.

Reminds me of when I was in grade school and we were all assigned a Continent in which we had to learn every Country/Capital within that Continent. I got Africa. Awesome. Everything has changed since I memorized that!



[edit on 4-3-2010 by LadySkadi]

reply to post by Aggie Man

You forgot Billy Ocean

lmao

Phlinx
I'm glad you brought this up. I also have a question, concerning the goolge earth I just downloaded this morning.

I 'em well North pole? Why?

I will have a look at the fifth and most recent addition to our oceans also.

It's been called the Southern Ocean for a long time, officially or not.

Of course also know as the South Seas .arh!

Ok Smarties tell me where the gaul darn North pole got off to ?


[edit on 4-3-2010 by randyvs]

Many, many moons ago---when I was in grammar school--there were 5 oceans, and I seem to remember it was called the Antarctic Ocean.

When did they stop saying it was an ocean and there were only four

reply to post by DontTreadOnMe

It's all just redefining Geography. First it was just "the waters surrounding Antarctica" but not an official ocean, and people unofficially called it the Antarctic Ocean. After lengthy debate, it than became the Southern Ocean...

Antarctica Ocean

New Fifth Ocean

For some time, those in geographic circles have debated whether there are four or five oceans on earth.

Some consider the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific to be the world's four oceans. Now, those that side with the number five can add the fifth new ocean and call it the Southern Ocean or the Antarctic Ocean, thanks to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). The IHO has attempted to settle that debate through a year 2000 publication by declaring, naming, and demarcating the Southern Ocean.

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ETA: oops, the second link was already posted, my bad.



[edit on 4-3-2010 by LadySkadi]