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Indian Ocean

ocean bounded by Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica
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Indian Ocean
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Summary

Indian Ocean is an ocean[1]. It draws 15,465 Wikipedia views per month (ocean category, ranking #3 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: sea[3], region[4]
  • Shares border with: Kismayo[5], Southern Africa[6], Atlantic Ocean[7], Pacific Ocean[8], Southern Ocean[9]
  • Named after: India[10]
  • Inflows: Zambezi River[11], Kaingan River[12], Lukuledi River[13], George River[14], Mwachema River[15], Grande Ravine Glissante[16], Arve[17], Mdloti River[18], Malattar River[19], Walawe River[20], Kaaimans River[21], Turner River[22], Spero River[23], Sherlock River[24]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Indian Ocean include Indian Pacific[25], a named passenger train service[26], in Australia[27], founded in 1970[28] and Stolephorus indicus[29], a taxon[30].

Why It Matters

Indian Ocean has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Indian Pacific[25], a named passenger train service[26], in Australia[27], founded in 1970[28] and Stolephorus indicus[29], a taxon[30].

Related Entities

Aquaman Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australia Bali Island Colombo Comoros Diego Garcia Flores Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands Hooghly River India Indonesia Jacob Le Maire Java Jubba River Kangaroo Island Kenya Limpopo River Lombok Island Madagascar Madura Island Mafia Island Mahanadi Mahé Malaysia Maldives Malé Man of Steel Mauritius Melville Island

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q27185
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27185, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2R8Fw7
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → indian-ocean
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: indian-ocean, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936158|indian ocean (#289936158)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 137611
    Svkkl authority id → g0004895-Indicky-ocean
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0004895-Indicky-ocean, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259661|batch #259661]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 150081, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  6. 24w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → World Ocean
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: Earth, #pwb Copy label Add onderdeel van (P361)"
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