indian ocean

Noun
  1. The 3rd largest ocean;
    Bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south (synset 109334165)
    is an instance of: ocean - a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
    has:
    • ceylon - an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
    • comoro islands, iles comores - three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar
    • madagascar - an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world
    • maldive islands, maldives - a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
    • mauritius - an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean
    • seychelles, seychelles islands - a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar
    • antarctic ocean - the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
    • arabian sea - a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia
    • bay of bengal - an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India
    • gulf of aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
    • mozambique channel - an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa
    • red sea - a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal
    • timor sea - an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia

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