Talk:Indian Ocean/Archive 1

Limit
What is the geographical coordinate of its limit with the Pacific Ocean at the peripheral South China Sea? (Please reply at talk:South China Sea. Thanks.) – Instantnood 19:22, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Hindi script
Indian Ocean doesn't belong to India. It covers a lot more. Then, what is the point of adding Hindi script? Shouldn't it be removed as this ocean is not part of India?

Szhaider 06:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed, I've removed it. Recury 18:38, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for removing the hindi script article....it had no place here. The article is about the Indian Ocean and not Indian culture! Also, would have liked more information on the flora and fauna of the Ocean itself; instead we find famous writers section!!! This again doesn't make sense. Imagine an article about the Atlantic Ocean talking about Shakespeare, Dickens, American writers! just doesn't make sense!

Why should it be named Indian ocean? I mean whats the connection between India and Indian Ocean?
 * Haha.. dude you have issues! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.120.11 (talk) 03:56, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

The Hindi script thing has reappeared. I'm going to remove it again. If anyone objects, please state the reasons for it here so this can be discussed without edit warring. mike4ty4 (talk) 00:04, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Just zapped it now. mike4ty4 (talk) 00:08, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree that it should not have been here. BTW, the name was also wrong, in India it is called 'Bharat Mahasagar' in various languages. I never heard of a term called 'Hindu Mahasagar'.--GDibyendu (talk) 02:49, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * So why did it get put on here, then? mike4ty4 (talk) 04:59, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Major ports and harbors
Shouldn't Port Louis be included in the list of major ports and harbours? Eleusis 06:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Deepest point
Changed -as the Diamantina Deep is confirmed as that point. SatuSuro 03:54, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Alas, there is no citation given for this information. As major world atlases (National Geographic and Times) list the deepest point as the Java Trench, and no source can be found listing Diamantina Deep as the deepest point, aside from sources that clearly are based on this article, it should be changed back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.129.26.162 (talk) 19:41, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Australian limits?
There should be something mentioning how Australia considers its southern coast to be part of the Southern Ocean, but the IHO says that area is part of the Indian Ocean. If not here, somewhere... --Patteroast 18:26, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * This is mentioned in the Southern Ocean article, in the History section. – Avenue 09:08, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, the so-called "Southern Ocean" is a recently-invented classification. Geographers have traditionally considered the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans to extend to the coast of Antarctica. NCdave 22:45, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * There's a current discussion at talk:Australia leading to an article named Australia and the Southern Ocean. More input would be appreciated. --Scott Davis Talk 12:04, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Spring 2019 Decision???
I think the quote of the decision to designate the Southern Ocean being made in Spring of 2019 is in error. If not, there should perhaps be a link to the article on time travel.... StormDruid 13:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

ecosystem
what this article also needs is a good description of an ecosystem (Diwon 14:46, 5 November 2007 (UTC))


 * Agreed. The fauna in the Indian Ocean is famous for its uniqueness. I'll try to do a little research but help is greatly appreciated. --Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 08:42, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Proposed oceans project
Anyone interested in joining a project to deal with the oceans is free to indicate their support at WikiProject Council/Proposals. John Carter (talk) 22:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Naming
Just my thinking. I would say that the Indian Ocean is named after India and not the Indian Subcontinent. The simple logic is that the Indian subcontinent is itself named after India. On top of that, its a well known fact given in various encyclopedias saying that the Indian Ocean is the only Ocean named after a country. Indianescence (talk) 17:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Atlantis was a country! Eregli bob (talk) 04:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Maybe, but the Atlantic Ocean is named after the Atlas Mountains, not a Greek myth!


 * As to India / Indian Subcontinent naming; aye, the Ocean's named after India, but then India was the Indian subcontinent until the world suddenly needed another name. Heroditus did not name the ocean after the Republic of India! Then again logically, erm, oh crumbs; let's just leave the wording as everyone knows what it means and it doesn't seem to upset anyone.


 * Howard Alexander (talk) 19:56, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

haha?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.7.113.226 (talk) 18:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

sara princes of indian ocean--92.80.16.78 (talk) 18:28, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
--92.80.16.78 (talk) 18:28, 6 March 2009 (UTC)Sara e printesa oceanului indian si personajul meu pref

naming after country?
The name Indian ocean predates modern country India by several thousand years. There was no country called India 2000 years ago! --Wangond (talk) 08:27, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * India may not have been a sovereign nation state in the way that we know today, but it existed as a region. Bazonka (talk) 08:37, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Might a chicken-and-egg question: the country's name was not primary but borrowed from Indus River. Worth discussing. Primitive logic suggests Wangond is correct. Materialscientist (talk) 08:48, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I went ahead and changed "country" to "geographic location"  Them From  Space  08:49, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Further step is needed, based on referenced information on the origin of the name India. Example. Geographic location might be inaccurate, and the origin might be the river. Materialscientist (talk) 08:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The same source has an entry on the Indian Ocean: first attested 1515 in Mod.L. (Oceanus Orientalis Indicus), named for India, which projects into it; earlier it was the Eastern Ocean, as opposed to the Western Ocean (Atlantic) before the Pacific was surmised.  Them From  Space  08:56, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for correcting the article.--Wangond (talk) 09:04, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

al-Idrisi map
I removed the "al-Idrisi map." The caption was unencyclopedic and clearly copy and pasted from another website, and the image lacked proper citations. --Candlebeam (talk) 19:50, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Expand Section on Endangered Fish
Fish are endangered, such as the Arcadian Redfish. Expand section on endangered fish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.8.206 (talk) 16:20, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Suspected Vandalism: First line description
The text I can see in the sentence of the description is this: "The Indian Ocean is real sometimes but we can turn it in to a hologram that you don't know is there because our supersoldiers who aren't allowed to colors invented the thing to soultrade people and blackies who try any shit with it - Dave, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface.[1]"

I guess this is a clear case of vandalism. Please review and edit as appropiate
 * That edit was reverted 10 hours ago, but the old version was still in a cache. I've purged the page. Try again. Materialscientist (talk) 09:34, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

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Depth WTF
From one paragraph: "it (Indian Ocean) has an average depth of 3,741 m (12,274 ft) and a maximum depth of 7,906 m (25,938 ft)." Next Paragraph: " The average depth of the ocean is 3,890 m (12,762 ft). Its deepest point is Diamantina Deep in Diamantina Trench, at 8,047 m (26,401 ft) deep"

Soo, am I the only one who sees a problem? 159.205.239.70 (talk) 00:02, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

As long as each depth is sourced, then the issue is one of semantics. I.e. "the average depth has been calculated at X and Y, respectively...." The opening paragraph of the article already mentions that the boundary of the Indian Ocean is left to some interpretation. DouglasHeld (talk) 11:32, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Era of discovery
It is a little silly to have a section on the discovery of something as large and situated in plain sight, as an ocean. Certainly there were many, many people aware of this ocean before the "discoverers" documented their experiences. Is there something deficient in terminology, perhaps? DouglasHeld (talk) 11:30, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * It was the era during which Europeans discovered large parts of the planet. Perhaps this should could be discussed on Age of Discovery? --Fama Clamosa (talk) 13:40, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with DouglasHeld, many other civilizations were aware of the ocean. That the western culture acknowledged it's existence does not make it a discovery. It can be named instead something like "Age of European discovery" but no "age of discovery". Since humanity originated from Eastern Africa I guess the Indian Ocean was the first ocean "discovered" by us.--Kwishibo (talk) 06:03, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * "That the western culture acknowledged it's existence" Too late for that. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century) was already describing the naval trade routes from Roman Egypt to the Indian subcontinent, passing through the Indian Ocean. Indo-Roman trade relations largely depended on this ocean. Dimadick (talk) 17:14, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

WW2 ships
WW2 is not mentioned and the ocean was almost entirely spared from the war. I removed this redundant image from the page. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 13:40, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

I just discovered Indian Ocean in World War II and realised I was wrong. --Fama Clamosa (talk) 14:45, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2019
Add to the external links section:
 * NYU Libraries Indian Ocean Digital Collection Libguidenyc (talk) 17:57, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 22 August 2019
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Indian Ocean i हिन्दू महासागर
Indian Ocean original name is Hindu Mahasagar (Hindi: हिन्दू महासागर) and that mean Indian Ocean so please mention that name too. Rivanbharghav (talk) 06:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
 * No, we don't use any Indic script as per WP:NOINDICSCRIPT - Arjayay (talk) 07:54, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Māori translation
This page has been translated into Māori and the Māori translation should be linked: https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moana_%C4%AAnia Thomas Norren (talk) 14:28, 23 September 2022 (UTC)


 * done Thomas Norren (talk) 22:01, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Ottoman Turks
the Indian Ocean is certainly very large and very important to strategic priorities, but I wonder if the "Ottoman Turk" and the "Mughal Empire" ever fought each other for control of these waters.

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Portuguese sailing
evidence suggest that Portuguese fleet and Ottoman fleet fought each other in the Indian Ocean. 09:17, 28 January 2023 (UTC)09:17, 28 January 2023 (UTC)43.242.178.252 (talk)///////////09:17, 28 January 2023 (UTC)43.242.178.252 (talk) 09:17, 28 January 2023 (UTC)