Southern Ocean

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The Southern Ocean is the remote, icy ocean encircling Antarctica, known for its powerful circumpolar currents, rich marine ecosystems, and crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate.

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AI-generated illustration of Southern Ocean

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Southern Ocean (The Southern Ocean is the remote, icy ocean encircling Antarctica, known for its powerful circumpolar currents, rich marine ecosystems, and crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth's ocean ⓘ
ocean ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Antarctic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean

Southern Ocean (fifth ocean) ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean
Antarctic Circumpolar CurrentDirection west to east ⓘ
Antarctic Circumpolar CurrentSpeed fastest major ocean current ⓘ
AntarcticCircumpolarCurrentRole connects Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans ⓘ
AntarcticConvergenceRole boundary between cold polar and warmer subantarctic waters ⓘ
borders Indian Ocean ⓘ
South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean

South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Ocean
boundedByLatitude approximately south of 60 degrees south ⓘ
contains Amundsen Sea ⓘ
Bellingshausen Sea ⓘ
linked to: Amundsen Sea

Ross Sea ⓘ
Scotia Sea ⓘ
South Sandwich Trench ⓘ
Weddell Sea ⓘ
deepWaterFormationContributesTo global thermohaline circulation ⓘ
encircles Antarctica ⓘ
governedBy Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ⓘ
hasArea approximately 20 million square kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageDepth approximately 4000 meters ⓘ
hasClimateRole major carbon sink ⓘ
major heat sink ⓘ
hasCurrent Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ
hasEcosystem rich marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue climate change impacts ⓘ
fishing pressure on krill and toothfish ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ
ocean warming ⓘ
sea ice decline in some regions ⓘ
hasFront Antarctic Convergence ⓘ
hasIcebergs large tabular icebergs calved from Antarctic ice shelves ⓘ
hasKeySpeciesRole Antarctic krill as keystone species ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth approximately 7235 meters ⓘ
hasNotableFeature remote and sparsely populated region ⓘ
hasProcess deep water formation ⓘ
hasSeaIceExtent strongly seasonal ⓘ
hasTemperature generally near freezing ⓘ
influences global climate system ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf World Ocean ⓘ
recognizedAsOceanSince 2000 ⓘ
recognizedBy International Hydrographic Organization ⓘ
seaIceMaximumExtent around September ⓘ
seaIceMinimumExtent around February ⓘ
supportsSpecies Antarctic krill ⓘ
albatrosses ⓘ
penguins ⓘ
seals ⓘ
whales ⓘ

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Referenced by (837)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlantic Ocean → connectedTo → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean → boundedBy → Southern Ocean to the south ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean → bordersToSouth → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean → connectedTo → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Earth → hasOcean → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Ridge → extendsTo → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean → alsoKnownAs → Antarctic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean
Southern Ocean → alsoKnownAs → Southern Ocean (fifth ocean) ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean
Antarctica → surroundedBy → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Eastern Hemisphere → includesOcean → Southern Ocean (eastern part) ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean
Southern Hemisphere → containsPartOf → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean → bordersRegion → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean → bordersOcean → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Oceania → borderedByOcean → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Drake Passage → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Strait of Magellan → partOf → Southern Ocean maritime routes ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean
Scotia Ridge → oceanRegion → Southern Ocean ⓘ
South Australia → hasCoastlineOn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
South Pacific → borders → Antarctic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ocean
Tasmania → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Tasmania → borderedBy → Southern Ocean ⓘ
South Shetland Islands → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
South Orkney Islands → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Antarctic Peninsula → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Argentine Antarctica → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
British Antarctic Territory → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Cape Horn sea route → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Western Australia → hasCoastlineOn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Western Australia → borderedBy → Southern Ocean ⓘ
South Sandwich Trench → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
South Sandwich Trench → ocean → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Antarctic krill → habitat → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Tasman Sea → boundedBy → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Tasman Sea → connectedTo → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Western Hemisphere → contains → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Americas → borderedByOcean → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Murray–Darling Basin → drainsInto → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Antarctic Convergence → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
World Ocean → hasPart → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Victoria → hasCoastlineOn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Bellingshausen Station → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Ross Dependency → bordersOn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
King George Island → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Antarctic Bottom Water → formedInOcean → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Weddell Sea → locatedIn → Southern Ocean ⓘ
Weddell Sea → partOf → Southern Ocean ⓘ