The Pacific Ocean encompasses a third of the Earth's surface, having an area of 179.7 million square kilometres (69.4 million sq mi and 161 million cubic mi) —significantly larger than Earth's entire landmass, with room for another Africa to spare.
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. The ocean's volume is estimated to be 292,131,000 cubic kilometres (70,086,000 mi³).
Continents bordering the Atlantic Ocean are Europe, Africa, North America, South America.
Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2% of the Earth's surface. The only continent smaller than Europe is Australia which encompasses 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,299 sq. mi).
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