The Southern Ocean? : Othor Games

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:43 am

I was watching a quiz show, and it said to name 4 of the 5 oceans of the world. I could name the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Artic. I was scratching my head, what is the 5th? I never herd of the 5th. So I googled it. The Southern Ocean? What the Heck?! It came in 2000? I never even herd of this in the news. Couldn't they make a better name for it?

So am I the only one who never knew about the Southern Ocean.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:28 am

This is news to me too. I never heard of a Southern Ocean.. Southern to what? :shrug:

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:13 am

This is news to me too. I never heard of a Southern Ocean.. Southern to what? :shrug:

It's the seas surrounding Antarctica I think

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:14 am

This is news to me too. I never heard of a Southern Ocean.. Southern to what? :shrug:

The Moon.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:32 am

Neverheard. :blink: I thought I was atleast okay at geography, but I guess not.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:18 pm

Antarctic Ocean, you mean? Never heard it called the "Southern Ocean", however. :shrug:

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:23 am

It seems to go by other names. The Antarctic Ocean sounds familiar.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:49 pm

I always thought the Atlantic/Pacific oceans included the areas around Antarctica? Huh. Of course, I never really learned that kind of geography after 2000 (when the ocean was named). That's more the kind of stuff you learn in early elementary school, not middle or high school so it is no surprise I didn't hear of it.

» Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:11 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean, the one in the South Pole region. The Arctic Ocean is the one in the North Pole region. Combined with the Big Three that everyone knows that makes five.

Spoiler

I didn't know that either, but Wikipedia rocks.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:39 am

Oh I know Antarctic Ocean, just not Southern Ocean.. Makes me think of waves in the shape of Colonel Sanders.. :whistling:

» Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:59 pm

What happened to the seven seas that my comic books always mentioned? =(

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:00 am

This has to be a new development. When did people decide on this?

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:14 pm

What happened to the seven seas that my comic books always mentioned? =(

Aegean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Arabian Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea.

Did I name enough Seas for you? Lol, on the topic of Oceans though, there is also the Indian Ocean as well, but I've often seen it considered a Sea rather than an Ocean, due to it's smaller size.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:05 am

I've always been aware of the Southern Ocean. I mean, its just there *points Southeast*. Its always been there as far as I know.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:25 am

Old news is old.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:21 pm

between this and pluto being [censored] slapped i dont know what is a stupider move by the scientific *cough NOT cough* community. seriously..........just divide it up into the pacific and atlantic.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:44 am

between this and pluto being [censored] slapped i dont know what is a stupider move by the scientific *cough NOT cough* community. seriously..........just divide it up into the pacific and atlantic.

This is what the US Navy does...

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:59 am

Southern Ocean makes me think of the Futurama episode (The Deep South, I think) where they go fishing over the ocean, and their spaceship gets dragged down into the water by a giant fish, and they somehow can't float back to the top, and then Zoidberg makes a new home there, and Fry finds a Mermaid living in the lost city of Atlanta (lol), and he falls in love with her, and they finish fixing the ship, and Fry has a change of heart and decides to go back with them, and Zoidbergs house burns down somehow, and he decides to go back, too.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:58 am

I've always been aware of the Southern Ocean. I mean, its just there *points Southeast*. Its always been there as far as I know.

I always thought it was more that way *points southwest*.

between this and pluto being [censored] slapped i dont know what is a stupider move by the scientific *cough NOT cough* community. seriously..........just divide it up into the pacific and atlantic.

And the devil take the Indian!

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:30 am

I always thought it was more that way *points southwest*.

We'll compromise, *points south*

Now everybody is happy!

(except people in Antarctica, but they're not important....)

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:02 am

We'll compromise, *points south*

Now everybody is happy!

(except people in Antarctica, but they're not important....)

See, even people from the southern hemisphere pick on those more south than them

There needs to be a SHFTETOASHIA

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:23 pm

See, even people from the southern hemisphere pick on those more south than them

There needs to be a SHFTETOASHIA

Thats the way the cookie crumbles. Northern Hemisphereians pick on the Southern Hemisphereians, so the Southern Hemisphereians pick on the slightly more Southern Hemisphereians, so the slightly more Southern Hemisphereians pick on the Lizardmen in the Earth's core, so the Lizardmen in the Earth's Core pick on the Northern Hemisphereians and the circle of life continues.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:22 pm

(except people in Antarctica, but they're not important....)

The world would be a much better place if somebody cared about the poor Antarcticans (Antarticese? Antarctics? I have no idea...).

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:47 am

The Southern Ocean is the one surrounding Antarctica. And technically there are 7 oceans but they slapped four of them together. The North and South Pacific Ocean, the North and South Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:09 am

And the devil take the Indian!

I read that in the voice of a mustachioed gentleman in a pith helmet.