USA names a New Ocean : Southern Ocean

[arista]

[The Gerlache Strait lies off the west coast
of the Antarctic Peninsula, in the large
band of ocean around Antarctica that has been
reclassified as the Southern Ocean by
National Geographic cartographers.
The strait would once have been considered
part of the Pacific.]



was on the 10th of June Daily Show
ComedyCentral


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/theres-a-new-ocean-now-can-you-name-all-five-southern-ocean

[Ammi]

https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/06/11/gettyimages-458847426-1-_custom-b733dac642fd0e74b302b3d7cbb44717e40d211d-s1700-c85.webp

…such a huge geographical thing of significance…hello Southern Ocean, how u doin’….:love:….

[Livia]

Surely the Southern Ocean, or Arctic Ocean as it's also known, has been called that for ages.

[bots]

i believe it's known as "the bath" to the local species