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baltic sea is the youngest ocean of the planet.
Is it an ocean? What makes that an ocean and not the Mediterranean? And is it younger than the Mediterranean, regardless of which counts as an ocean and which doesn't?
The Meditarranean is also an ocean
My understanding of oceans involves a lack of continental crust (which the Baltic and Mediterranean both have). I thought that was the defining difference between an ocean and a sea. And bi-directional connection to oceans or other seas is the difference between a sea and a lake.
Though reading more about it leaves me feeling like the definitions themselves are fluid (heh).
Huh, I didnt even think about the word sea, as a non native English speaker I didnt think of it. I get the argument that the baltic sea and the Meditarranean are both seas and not oceans, but I looked it up too and, yeah the definitions flow into each other (lol). (Also, greetings from someone who lives a few kilometers away from the baltic sea).
Oh lol it didn't even occur to me that this might be a language thing rather than a.... uh, different kind of language thing lol.
And greetings back from Canada, about as far as you can get from the Baltic Sea in the northern hemisphere lol. Actually, that looks more like Alaska or Hawaii. Lol Russia is too big, it's on the Baltic Sea but is also one of the farthest points from it in the northern hemisphere.
There are 11 time zones in Russia. Place is huge.
sorry. english isnt my first language. the baltic sea is the youngest sea. https://ourbalticsea.com/the-young-sea