• Knuschberkeks@leminal.space
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    • The North Pacific Ocean
    • The South Pacific Ocean
    • The North Atlantic Ocean
    • The South Atlantic Ocean
    • The Indian Ocean
    • The Arctic Ocean
    • The Antarctic Ocean
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        It’the term is kind of old fashioned, more used in poetry. Also there isn’t really consense over what the seven seas are. Some count Atlantic and Pacific as one each and add stuff like the carribbean, the gulf of Mexico America or the Mediterranean.

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        Oceans aren’t seas, seas are now generally considered smaller bodies of water. It’s fairly arbitrary though so not really an important distinction. Language changes