Indian Ocean

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A new, though extinct, species of whale was also identified among the nearly 500 skeletons found up to 7,000 metres deep along a 1,200 kilometre corridor of bones in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The U.S. chased the tanker laden with Venezuelan oil from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Before the Seychelles population was wiped out, the species occupied an even larger range that stretched more than 12,000 kilometers from Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The vehicle completed the test by splashing down in the Indian Ocean.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

I learn from Wikipedia that the Republic of Maldives is an archipelagic state —meaning a country composed of different islands—in the Indian Ocean.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller