<P> The Southern Ocean , geologically the youngest of the oceans , was formed when Antarctica and South America moved apart , opening the Drake Passage , roughly 30 million years ago . The separation of the continents allowed the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current . </P>
<P> The Southern Ocean , geologically the youngest of the oceans , was formed when Antarctica and South America moved apart , opening the Drake Passage , roughly 30 million years ago . The separation of the continents allowed the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current . </P>
when did the antarctic ocean become an ocean
when did the antarctic ocean become an ocean
when Antarctica and South America moved apart , opening the Drake Passage , roughly 30 million years ago
when Antarctica and South America moved apart , opening the Drake Passage , roughly 30 million years ago