Question

World’s coldest continent Antarctica is surrounded by_
(A) Southern Ocean
(B) Eastern Ocean
(C) Western ocean
(D) Northern Ocean

Answer 1

Hint: One of several large landmasses in the world is called a continent. Instead of any strict criteria, a continent is defined by convention up to seven regions which is commonly considered as a continent. These seven regions, ordered from largest in area to smallest, are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

Complete answer:
The name Antarctica, meaning "opposite to the Arctic" "opposite to the north" is the Romanized version of the Greek compound word antarctica. Earth's southernmost continent is Antarctica. Antarctica is located in the region, Antarctic of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean, and contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world and the size of Antarctica is almost double that of Australia. It is the least densely populated continent by far, at 0.00008 people per square kilometer. Approximately 98 percent of the Antarctic is covered by ice with a thickness of 1.9 km on average, extending to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula. In Antarctica, few terrestrial vertebrates live, and those that do are restricted to the sub-Antarctic islands. Antarctica, the coldest continent, is surrounded by the southern ocean south of 60 ° S latitude. It is also called the Antarctic Ocean. It is smaller than the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian ocean and larger than the Arctic Ocean.

So, option A is the correct option.

Note: Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Gondwana more than 170 million years ago. Over time, Gondwana gradually broke apart, and around 25 million years ago, Antarctica, as we know it today, was formed. Antarctica was not every time and always cold, dry and covered in ice sheets. Antarctica was farther north, experienced a tropical or temperate climate at a number of points in its long history and was covered in forests, and inhabited by different ancient forms of life.