Indian Ocean

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Introduction

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering aproximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian subcontinent; on the west by East Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, by Antarctica). It is the only ocean to be named after a country, i.e., India.

Islands of Eastern Indian Ocean

(East of India)

Islands of Western Indian Ocean

(West of India)

Islands of Southern Indian Ocean

(South of Madagascar)

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