• The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceans.
• It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area.
• Its area of about 28,360,000 square miles (73,440,000 square km).
• The Indian Ocean’s average depth is 12,990 feet (3,960 metres), and its deepest point, in the Sunda Deep of the Java Trench off the southern coast of Java, is 24,442 feet (7,450 metres).
• It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area.
• Its area of about 28,360,000 square miles (73,440,000 square km).
• The Indian Ocean’s average depth is 12,990 feet (3,960 metres), and its deepest point, in the Sunda Deep of the Java Trench off the southern coast of Java, is 24,442 feet (7,450 metres).