Arctic Ocean On Map

The map below shows the regional seas that make up the arctic ocean, along with other geographical features. Arctic ocean, smallest of the world’s oceans, centring approximately on the north pole. It also shows the arctic circle and areas that are sometimes covered with sea ice.

Most of the arctic ocean is covered by ice throughout the year—although that is starting to change as temperatures climb. It spans an area of approximately 14,060,000 km 2 (5,430,000 sq mi) and is also known as the coldest of all the oceans. This map illustrates the arctic ocean, the names of the seas that on the northern borders of the contients, and is a political map of bordering countries.

Modified from international bathymeteric chart of the arctic ocean, courtesy of m.

The arctic is a region of the planet, north of the arctic circle, and includes the arctic ocean, greenland, baffin island, other smaller northern islands, and the far northern parts of europe, russia (siberia), alaska and canada. The international bathymetric chart of the arctic ocean version 4.0. It encircles the arctic, and flows beneath it. Map of earth's five oceans: