Ocean Cruise

Ocean Cruise

Ocean cruises are often required for people who need to cruise across the oceanic region. Some may want to cruise across the oceans to see the coastlines, landscapes, culture, towns cities around the coastline of various different oceans. Some may want to cruise oceans on a large ocean liner. Some may want to travel across the ocean to see the major ports of certain oceans and to see the different culture and landscapes of the different coastlines. Some may want to see the ocean themselves.

Ocean cruises are often needed for tourists. Some may want to see the culture and landscapes of various coastlines. Some may want to travel by large or small ocean liners. Some may want to travel by luxury or cheap ocean liners.

A common misconception is that the oceans are blue primarily because the sky is blue. In fact, water has a very slight blue color that can only be seen in large volumes. While the sky's reflection does contribute to the blue appearance of the surface, it is not the primary cause. The primary cause is the absorption by the water molecules' nuclei of red photons from the incoming light, the only known example of color in nature resulting from vibrational, rather than electronic, dynamics.

Travel on the surface of the ocean through the use of boats dates back to prehistoric times, but only in modern times has extensive underwater travel become possible.

The deepest point in the ocean is the Marianas Trench located in the Pacific Ocean near the Northern Mariana Islands. It has a maximum depth of 10,923 meters.

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions. Some call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it as one of the mediterranean seas of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be seen as the northernmost lobe of the all encompassing World Ocean. Almost completely surrounded by Eurasia and North America, the Arctic Ocean is largely covered by sea ice throughout the year. The Arctic Ocean's temperature and salinity vary seasonally as the ice cover melts and freezes; its salinity is the lowest on average of the five major oceans, due to low evaporation, heavy freshwater inflow from rivers and streams, and limited connection and outflow to surrounding oceanic waters with higher salinities.

Some notable ports and harbours from west to east include: United States, Barrow, Alaska, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska , Canada, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Tuktoyaktuk, Nanisivik, Nunavut , Norway, Longyearbyen, Kirkenes, Vardø, Russia, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Dudinka, Dikson, Tiksi, Pevek

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. It covers approximately one fifth of the Earth's surface. The first part of its name refers to the Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the Sea of Atlas. The oldest known mention of this name is contained in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (I 202); see also: Atlas Mountains. Another name historically used was the ancient term Ethiopic Ocean, derived from Ethiopia, whose name was sometimes used as a synonym for all of Africa and thus for the ocean. Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term ocean itself was to them synonymous with the waters beyond Western Europe that we now know as the Atlantic and which the Greeks had believed to be a gigantic river encircling the world.

The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between the Americas to the west, and Eurasia and Africa to the east. A component of the all-encompassing World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south. (Alternatively, in lieu of it connecting to the Southern Ocean, the Atlantic may be reckoned to extend to Antarctica.) The equator subdivides it into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean but for physical purposes the division is moved slightly counter-clockwise to a line roughly from the Bolama region, Guinea-Bissau to Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil to include the Gulf of Guinea with the South and the north coast of South America with the North.

The Atlantic Ocean is bounded on the west by North and South America. In the north and northeast, it is separated from the Arctic Ocean by the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Svalbard, and mainland Europe. It connects to the Arctic Ocean through the Denmark Strait, Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea. To the east, the boundaries of the ocean proper are Europe, the Strait of Gibraltar (where it connects with the Mediterranean Sea, one of its marginal seas, and, in turn, the Black Sea), and Africa. In the southeast, the Atlantic merges into the Indian Ocean, the border being defined by the 20° East meridian, running south from Cape Agulhas to Antarctica. While some authorities show the Atlantic Ocean extending south to Antarctica, others show it as bounded at the 60° parallel by the Southern Ocean. In the southwest, the Drake Passage connects it to the Pacific Ocean. A man made link between the Atlantic and Pacific is provided by the Panama Canal. Beside those mentioned, other large bodies of water adjacent to the Atlantic are the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, the Arctic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Celtic Sea.

Africa

Accra, Ghana, Banjul, The Gambia, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Conakry, Guinea, Dakar, Senegal, Douala, Cameroon, Lomé, Togo, Luanda, Angola, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Monrovia, Liberia, Praia, Cape Verde, Walvis Bay, Namibia, Douala, Cameroon

Benin

Cotonou, Benin, Porto-Novo, Benin

Côte d'Ivoire

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, San-Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire, Île de Boulay, Côte d'Ivoire

Gabon

Libreville, Gabon, Port Gentil, Gabon

Mauritania

Nouadhibou, Mauritania, Nouakchott, Mauritania

Morocco

Casablanca, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, Tangier, Morocco

Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa, Port Nolloth, South Africa, Saldanha Bay, South Africa

Caribbean

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Cortés, Honduras, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Colon City, Panama, Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Belize City, Belize, Havana, Cuba, Kingston, Jamaica, Bridgetown, Barbados

Europe

Belgium

Antwerp, Bruges-Zeebrugge, Ostend

Canary Islands

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Denmark

Esbjerg

Faroe Islands

Klaksvík, Tórshavn

France

Bayonne, Bordeaux, Brest, Calais, France, Cherbourg-Octeville, Le Havre, Nantes, Saint-Nazaire

Germany

Bremen, Hamburg

Iceland

Hafnarfjörður, Reykjavík

Republic of Ireland

Cork, Dublin Port, Galway, Shannon Foynes Port, Rosslare Europort

Netherlands

Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Vlissingen, Delfzijl, IJmuiden, Den Helder

Norway

Ålesund, Bergen, Bodø, Brønnøysund, Florø, Harstad, Haugesund, Kristiansund, Molde, Namsos, Narvik, Oslo, Rørvik, Stavanger, Svolvær, Tromsø, Trondheim

Portugal

Angra do Heroísmo, Aveiro, Cascais, Figueira da Foz, Funchal, Horta, Lisbon, Lagos, Leixões, Olhão, Peniche, Ponta Delgada, Portimão, Porto, Santa Cruz das Flores, Sesimbra, Sines, Tavira, Viana do Castelo, Vila do Porto, Vila Real de Santo António

Spain

A Coruña, Avilés, Bilbao, Cadiz, El Ferrol, Gijón, Huelva, Marín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pasaia, El Puerto de Santa María, Seville, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Vigo, Vilagarcía de Arousa

Sweden

Gothenburg

United Kingdom

Aberdeen, Scotland, Barry, Wales, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Bristol, England, Cardiff, Wales, Derry, Northern Ireland, Dover, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, Fishguard Harbour, Wales, Fleetwood, England, Glasgow, Scotland, Greenock, Scotland, Holyhead, Wales, Hull, England, Liverpool, England, London, England, Milford Haven, Wales, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Newport, Wales, Pembroke Dock, Wales, Peterhead, Scotland, Plymouth, England, Portsmouth, England, Port Talbot, Wales, Southampton, England, Swansea, Wales

North America

Canada

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Digby, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Melford, Nova Scotia (proposed), Saint John, New Brunswick, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Sept-Îles, Quebec, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Mexico

Tampico, Tamaulipas, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Río Largartos,Yucatán, Progreso, Yucatán, Alvarado, Veracruz, Tamiahua, Veracruz, Barra de Tuxpan, Veracruz, Tecolutla, Veracruz, Tuxpan, Veracruz, Anton Lizardo, Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Celestún, Yucatán, Sisal, Yucatán, Dzilam de Bravo, Yucatán, Las Coloradas, Yucatán, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Sánchez Magallanes, Tabasco, Puerto dos Bocas, Tabasco, Barra Chiltepec, Tabasco, La Barra, Tabasco, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Isla Aguada, Campeche, Champoton, Campeche, Campeche, Campeche

United States

Port of Albany-Rensselaer, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, Beaumont, Texas, Brunswick, Georgia, Boston, Massachusetts, Charleston, South Carolina, Corpus Christi, Texas, Freeport, Texas, Galveston, Texas, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Houston, Texas, Jacksonville, Florida, Port of Miami-Dade, Florida, Mobile, Alabama, Morehead City, North Carolina, Nantucket, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut, New London, Connecticut, New Orleans, Louisiana, New York, New York, Newport News, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Port Arthur, Texas, Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Port Canaveral, Florida, Port Everglades, Port of Palm Beach, Port of South Louisiana, Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, Portland, Maine, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Providence, Rhode Island, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Savannah, Georgia, Tampa, Florida, Texas City, Texas, Wilmington, North Carolina

South America

Argentina

Comodoro Rivadavia, Rosario (via the Paraná River), Ushuaia, Buenos Aires, Bahia Blanca, Mar del Plata

Brazil

Macapá, Amapá (via the Amazon river), Manaus, Amazonas (via Negro and Amazon rivers), Porto Velho, Rondônia (via Madeira and Amazon rivers), Santarém, Pará (via the Amazon river), Belém, Pará (via the Amazon river - Pará arm), Vila do Conde, Pará (via the Amazon river - Pará arm), Itaqui, Maranhão, Pecém, Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Recife, Pernambuco, Suape, Pernambuco, Maceió, Alagoas, Barra dos Coqueiros, Sergipe, Salvador, Bahia, Aratu, Bahia, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Ubu, Espírito Santo, Tubarão, Espírito Santo, TVV, Espírito Santo, Praia Mole, Espírito Santo, Regência, Espírito Santo, Barra do Riacho, Espírito Santo, Macaé (Imbetiba), Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Itaguaí (Sepetiba), Rio de Janeiro, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, São Sebastião, São Paulo, Santos, São Paulo, Antonina, Paraná, Paranaguá, Paraná, São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Laguna, Santa Catarina, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Cáceres, Mato Grosso (via Paraguay and Paraná rivers), Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul (via Paraguay and Paraná rivers)

Chile

Punta Arenas, Puerto Williams

Colombia

Barranquilla, Atlántico, Cartagena, Bolívar

Falkland Islands

Stanley, Mare Harbour

French Guiana

Cayenne

Guyana

Georgetown

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Grytviken, King Edward Point

Surinam

Paramaribo

Uruguay

Montevideo

Venezuela

Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar (via the Orinoco river), Guanta, Anzoátegui, La Guaira, Vargas, Maracaibo, Zulia, Porlamar (Isla Margarita), Nueva Esparta, Puerto Cabello, Carabobo

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia (including the Indian subcontinent, after which it is named); on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean (or, traditionally, by Antarctica). The African, Indian, and Antarctic crustal plates converge in the Indian Ocean. Their junctures are marked by branches of the Mid-Oceanic Ridge forming an inverted Y, with the stem running south from the edge of the continental shelf near Mumbai, India. The eastern, western, and southern basins thus formed are subdivided into smaller basins by ridges. The ocean's continental shelves are narrow, averaging 200 kilometers (125 mi) in width. An exception is found off Australia's western coast, where the shelf width exceeds 1,000 kilometres (600 mi). The average depth of the ocean is 3,890 metres (12,760 ft). Its deepest point, is in the Java Trench. North of 50° south latitude, 86% of the main basin is covered by pelagic sediments, of which more than half is globigerina ooze. The remaining 14% is layered with terrigenous sediments. Glacial outwash dominates the extreme southern latitudes. The new ocean extends from the coast of Antarctica north to 60° south latitude which coincides with the Antarctic Treaty Limit. The Indian Ocean remains the third-largest of the world's five oceans. Major choke points include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, southern access to the Suez Canal, and the Lombok Strait. Seas include Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Laccadive Sea, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Strait of Malacca, and other tributary water bodies.

Ports in the Indian Ocean

Australia, Bunbury Port, Fremantle Port

Barrow Island, Western Australia, Broome, Western Australia, Bunbury, Western Australia, Busselton, Western Australia, Challenger Harbour, Western Australia, Cockatoo Island, Western Australia, Cossack, Western Australia, Dampier, Western Australia, Derby, Western Australia, Fishing Boat Harbour, Western Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Garden Island, Western Australia, Geraldton, Western Australia, Hamelin Bay, Western Australia, Koolan Island, Western Australia, Kwinana, Western Australia, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Port Hedland, Western Australia, Thompsons Bay, Western Australia, Wyndham, Western Australia

Bangladesh

Chittagong, Bangladesh

India,Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Navi Mumbai,Mundra Port, Gujarat,Vizag seaport, Andhra Pradesh,Chennai port, Tamil Nadu

Alang, India, Beypore, India, Calicut, India, Car Nicobar, India, Chennai Port, India, Ennore Port, India, Dabhol, India, Goa, India, Gopalpur, India, Hazira, India, Kakinada, India, Kochi, India, Kolkata, India, Krishnapatnam, India, Mangalore (NMPT), India, Mormugao, India, Mumbai, India, Mundra, India, Narsapur, India, Panaji, India, Paradip, India, Pipavav, India, Pondicherry, India, Port Blair, India, Ratnagiri, India, Tuticorin, India, Visakhapatnam, India

Kenya

Mombasa, Kenya, Watamu, Kenya

Madagascar

Antsirinana (Diego Suarez), Madagascar, Mahajanga, Madagascar, Morondava, Madagascar, Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar, Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin), Madagascar, Toliara (Tulear), Madagascar

Maldives

Male, Maldives

Mauritius

Port Louis, Mauritius

Mozambique

Maputo, Inhambane, Beira, Quelimane, Angoche, Nacala, Pemba

Myanmar

Yangon, Mawlamyaing, Sittwe

Oman

Salalah

Pakistan,Port of karachi,Port of Gwadar

Gaddani, Baluchistan, Gwadar, Baluchistan, Karachi, Sindh, Keti Bandar, Sindh, Ormara, Baluchistan, Pasni, Baluchistan, Port Qasim, Sindh

Seychelles

Port Victoria, Seychelles

Somalia

Kismaayo, Somalia, Mogadishu, Somalia, Bosaso, Somalia, Berbera, Somalia

South Africa

Durban, South Africa, Richards Bay, South Africa, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Dar es salaam, Tanzania, Mtwara, Tanzania, Tanga, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Yemen

Aden, Yemen, Mukalla, Yemen

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. The largest landmass entirely within the Pacific Ocean is the island of New Guinea— the second largest island in the world. Almost all of the smaller islands of the Pacific lie between 30°N and 30°S, extending from Southeast Asia to Easter Island; the rest of the Pacific Basin is almost entirely submerged. During the Last glacial period, New Guinea was part of Australia so the largest landmass would have been Borneo-Palawan. The great triangle of Polynesia, connecting Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand, encompasses the island arcs and clusters of the Cook Islands, Marquesas Islands, Samoa, Society, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tuvalu and the Wallis and Futuna islands. North of the equator and west of the International Date Line are the numerous small islands of Micronesia, including the Caroline Islands, the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands. In the southwestern corner of the Pacific lie the islands of Melanesia, dominated by New Guinea. Other important island groups of Melanesia include the Bismarck Archipelago, Fiji, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Islands in the Pacific Ocean are of four basic types: continental islands, high islands, coral reefs, and uplifted coral platforms. Continental islands lie outside the Andesite line and include New Guinea, the islands of New Zealand, and the Philippines. These islands are structurally associated with nearby continents. High islands are of volcanic origin, and many contain active volcanoes. Among these are Bougainville, Hawaii, and the Solomon Islands.

Major ports and harbours ; Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, Antofagasta, Chile, Arica, Chile, Auckland, New Zealand, Bacolod City, Philippines, Bangkok, Thailand, Bluff, New Zealand, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Buenaventura, Colombia, Busan, South Korea, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, Callao, Peru, Cebu City, Philippines, Chongjin, North Korea, Dalian, People's Republic of China, Davao City, Philippines, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Hong Kong (People's Republic of China), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, Incheon, South Korea, Iloilo, Philippines, Iquique, Chile, Jayapura, Indonesia, Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan), Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, Keelung, Republic of China (Taiwan), Klang, Malaysia, Kobe, Japan, Laem Chabang, Thailand, Lyttelton, New Zealand, Long Beach, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, Manta, Ecuador, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Manila, Philippines, Nampho, North Korea, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Oakland, California, United States, Panama City, Panama, Portland, Oregon, United States, Portoviejo, Ecuador, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, Puerto Chacabuco, Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, Qingdao, People's Republic of China, San Antonio, Chile, San Diego, California, United States, San Francisco, California, United States, Seattle, Washington, United States, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Songkhla, Thailand, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Tacoma, Washington, United States, Taichung, Republic of China (Taiwan), Talcahuano, Chile, Tauranga, New Zealand, Tianjin, People's Republic of China, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Tokyo, Japan, Valparaíso, Chile, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Vladivostok, Russia, Xiamen, People's Republic of China, Yantai, People's Republic of China, Yokohama, Japan, Zamboanga, Philippines

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean south of 60° S latitude. The International Hydrographic Organization has designated the Southern Ocean as an oceanic division encircling Antarctica. Geographers disagree on the Southern Ocean's northern boundary or even its existence, sometimes considering the waters part of the South Pacific, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans instead.

Major operational ports include: Esperanza Base, Villa Las Estrellas (Chile), Mawson Station, McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica.

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