檢視印度洋的原始碼

'''印度洋'''（Indian Ocean），位于[[亚洲]]、[[非洲]]、[[大洋洲]]和[[南极洲]]之间<ref name="中国大百科全书1">毛汉英《印度洋》，《中国大百科全书》条目</ref>，[[印度]]位在印度洋北部的中央位置，这也是印度洋名称的由来<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=indian+ocean&searchmode=none |title=Online Etymology Dictionary|last=Harper|first=Douglas|work=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]|accessdate=18 January 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pTR2AAAAMAAJ Indo-American relations : foreign policy orientations and perspectives of P.V. Narasimha Rao and Bill Clinton] By Anand Mathur; Page 138 ''“India occupies the central position in the Indian Ocean region that is why the Ocean was named after India”''</ref>，印度洋大部分在[[南半球]]。总面积7491万[[平方公里]]，约占[[世界]][[海洋]]总[[面积]]的21.1%<ref name="Rasul">{{cite book |author = Rasul Bux Rais |authorlink = :en:Rasul Baksh Rais |title= The Indian Ocean and the Superpowers |publisher=Routledge |year=1986 |id = ISBN 0709942419, ISBN 9780709942412 |url = http://books.google.com/?id=2pMOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA33&dq=Indian+Ocean+20%25}}</ref>，是世界第三大洋<ref name="中国大百科全书1" />。印度洋的范围北至[[印度次大陆]]及[[阿拉伯半岛]]（[[南亚]]及[[西亚]]）；西达[[东非]]；东侧则以[[印度尼西亚]]、[[巽他群岛]]及[[澳大利亚]]为界；南迄[[南冰洋]]（也有定义至[[南极洲]]）。印度洋西面于开始于[[厄加勒斯角]]的东经20°处与大西洋相接，东面于东经146°55'处与太平洋相接。<ref>[http://www.iho.shom.fr/publicat/free/files/S23_1953.pdf ''Limits of Oceans and Seas'']. International Hydrographic Organization Special Publication No. 23, 1953.</ref>印度洋的最北边大概为[[波斯湾]]内北纬30°处。印度洋的宽度有将近{{Convert|10000|km|0}}（从非洲南部尖端到澳大利亚之间），它的总面积大约为{{Convert|73556000|sqkm|0}}<ref>[http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/ Earth's Oceans]. EnchantedLearning.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.</ref>，包括[[红海]]和[[波斯湾]]。印度洋的水量大约为{{Convert|70086000|cumi|0}}<ref name="Bibliography" />。