On the map, which side of the Earth is the Arctic Ocean, and what is opposite it?

The Arctic Ocean on the map is in the northernmost part of the earth, and Antarctica is opposite to it.

The Arctic Ocean, also known as the Arctic Ocean, is the smallest, shallowest and coldest ocean in the world. Roughly centered on the Arctic Circle, it is located at the northernmost part of the earth, surrounded by Eurasia and North America, and there is a narrow Bering Strait communicating with the Pacific Ocean. It is connected with the Atlantic Ocean through the Greenland Sea and many straits.

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean in the world, with an area of only 654.38+047,500 square kilometers, less than 654.38+00% of the Pacific Ocean. Its depth is1097m, and its deepest point is 5527m.

Ancient Greece once called it "the ocean facing Ursa major". 1845, named by the Geographical Society of London, UK, translated into Arctic Ocean in Chinese. Mbth Arctic comes from Greek, which means the ocean facing Ursa major. 20 12 On August 25th, the sea ice area of the Arctic Ocean reached the smallest in the observation history.

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The Arctic Ocean covers an area of 6,543.8+047,500 square kilometers, which is about 654.38+0/654.38+04 of the Pacific Ocean. It accounts for about 4. 1% of the world's total ocean area, and is the smallest and shallowest of the four oceans on earth.

The area north of the Arctic Circle is called the Arctic Region or Arctic Region, which includes the northern parts of Asia, Europe and North America along the coast of the Arctic Ocean and many islands in the Arctic Ocean. The countries and regions around the Arctic Ocean are Russia, Norway, Iceland, Greenland (Denmark), Canada and the United States. There are dozens of different nationalities in the Arctic, among which the Inuit are the most widely distributed.

The Arctic Ocean is the surrounding area with the north pole as the center, and it is a vast water area. The Arctic Ocean, located in the Arctic Circle, has a total area of 1365438+ 10,000 square kilometers, which is the smallest of the four oceans in the world, only 1+04 in the Pacific Ocean.

The Arctic Ocean is also called the Arctic Ocean. The total volume of seawater in the Arctic Ocean is 654.38+06.9 million cubic kilometers, with an average depth of1296m, and the Liedtke Trench is 5449m. The Arctic Ocean accounts for more than 60% of the Arctic area, and more than two-thirds of the sea surface is covered with huge ice cubes with a thickness of one and a half to four meters all the year round.

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