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The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world'soceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface.[1] It is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, by Antarctica).[2] Although generally assumed to be named for India,[3][4][5][6] early European writers referred to the "East Indian" Ocean, the East Indies being the name given by European travellers collectively to India, South East Asia and the Indonesian archipelago.[7]

As one component of the World Ocean, the Indian Ocean is delineated from the Atlantic Ocean by the 20° east meridian running south from Cape Agulhas, and from the Pacific Ocean by the meridian of 146°55' east.[8] The northernmost extent of the Indian Ocean is approximately 30° north in the Persian Gulf. The ocean is nearly 10,000 km (6200 mi) wide at the southern tips of Africa and Australia, and its area is 73,556,000 km² (28,350,000 mi²),[9] including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.

The Indian Ocean's volume is estimated to be 292,131,000 km³ (70,086,000 mi³).[10]Small islands dot the continental rims. Island nations within the ocean are Madagascar(the world's fourth largest island), Bahrain, Comoros, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychellesand Sri Lanka. The archipelago of....................... Wikipedia.