Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the world's third-largest ocean, at 73,400,000 square kilometres (28,300,000 sq mi). It is surrounded by Asia to the north, Australia and the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and Africa and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It is named for the Indus River on its north shore, which was important in Ancient India ang gave the modern country's name. The Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea are all parts of the ocean.

The deepest point in the Indian Ocean is in the Java Trench, near the Sunda Islands, in the east, at 7,500 metres (24,600 ft). The ocean's average depth is 3,890 metres (12,760 ft). The majority of the ocean is in the southern hemisphere.

• Maps of the indian Ocean
• Océan Indien in easy French
• NOAA In-situ Ocean Data Viewer Archived 2011-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Plot and download ocean observations
• The Indian Ocean in World History: Educational Website Interactive resource from the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
• The Regional Tuna Tagging Project-Indian Ocean with details of the importance of Tuna in the Indian Ocean.. Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Detailed maps of the Indian Ocean
• The Indian Ocean Trade: A Classroom Simulation Archived 2011-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
• CIA - The World Factbook, Oceans: Indian Ocean Archived 2014-05-09 at the Wayback Machine