Place and Location

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of all the oceans and is nearly 8% of the Pacific Ocean. The Arctic Ocean almost fits completely into the Arctic Circle it is so small! The exact location of the Arctic is 66 degrees and 33 minutes latitude. Did you know that the North Pole is actually in the middle of the Arctic Ocean and that the ocean is about 1.5 times the size of the US?! The area of the ocean is 5,440,000 square miles and a depth of 3, 658 meters.