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#Southern Ocean | Applications

#Southern ocean | Encircles Antarctica | Waters south of 60° S latitude | Covers ca. 21.96 million square kilometers | The fourth largest ocean basin | Antarctic Circumpolar Current (AAC) flows through it | ACC significantly influences global ocean circulation by connecting Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans | Average depth of approximately 3,270 meters (10,728 feet) | Maximum depth of 7,434 meters (24,390 feet) at Factorian Deep

#Antarctic Circumpolar Current

#Large Scale Circulation

#Deep Topography

#Gyres

#Wind Driven Gyres

#Oceanographic Zone

#Slopes

#Antarctic Treaty

#Bathymetry

#Southern Ocean Circulation

#Flows Between Oceans

#Deepwater Masses

#Sea Ice Formation

#Deep Waters

#Bottom Waters

#Ice Shelves

#Global Ocean Mixing

#Melting Of Ice Shelves

#Freshwater Entering To Oceans

#Cryo Sphere Interaction

#Global Ocean Property

#Climate System

#Southern Ocean Dynamics

#Turbulent Mixing

#Ocean Interior

#Ocean Layers

#Air Sea Forcing

#Small Processes

#Mesoscale Processes

#Interactions

#Weddel Sea

#Ocean Acidification

#Surrounding Antarctica

#Cryosphere

#Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem (VME) | One nautical mile in radius | Hub of biodiversity | Made up of organisms especially vulnerable to bottom-fishing gear | Refuge for life forms stressed by rapidly warming ocean