Oceanography

Oceanography

My Home Town Eau Claire , Wisconsin is located at approximately 44 48 '59 .78 'N 91 ? 30 '02 .69 'W (Google Earth , 2009

Pacific Island of Hono Lulu , Hawaii is located at approximately 21 ? 18 28 .55 'N 157 ? 51 ' 54 .51 'W (Google Earth , 2009

Land Point adjacent to the Arctic Ocean , Archangel , Russia is located at approximately 69 ? 28 '22 .31 'N 32 ? 51 '16 .34 'E (Google Earth , 2009

Caribbean Sea Island of Kingston , Jamaica is located at approximately 17 ? 59 '33 .83 'N 76 ? 47 '31 .23

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Land Point adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea , Haifa , Israel is located at approximately 32 ? 48 '41 .78 'N 35 ? 01 '37 .68 'E (Google Earth , 2009

The land point most surrounded by water is Tristan da Cunha , Great Britain located at approximately 37 ? 06 ' 22 .74 'S 12 ? 17 ' 09 .77 'W (Google Earth , 2009 ) is a volcanic island 1 ,750 miles from South Africa 2 ,088 miles from South America and is the most remote inhabited place in the world

The most landlocked city in the world Urumqi , China is located at approximately 43 ? 46 '51 .31 'N 87 ? 35 '12 .29 'E (Google Earth , 2009 )1 ,400 miles from the nearest coastline

About 71 of the Earth 's surface is covered by Oceans . Out of that the Northern Hemisphere is 60 .7 water and 39 .3 land while the Southern Hemisphere is 80 .9 water and just 19 .1 land . Thus it...