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Lautan Hindia

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Samudra Hindia marupoan lautan nan katigo paliang laweh di dunia, meliputi sakitar 20% aia pado permukaan bumi ko.[1] Lautan ko basempadan di utara jo kawasan India; disebelah barat jo benua Afrika bagian timur; disebelah timur jo pulau Sumatra dan benua Australia; dan disebelah selatan jo Samudra Antartika.[2][3][4]

Samudra Hindia, indak termasuk kawasan Antartika.
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  2. Indo-American relations : foreign policy orientations and perspectives of P.V. Narasimha Rao and Bill Clinton By Anand Mathur; Page 138 "India occupies the central position in the Indian- Ocean region that is why the Ocean was named after India"
  3. Politics of the Indian Ocean region: the balances of power By Ferenc Albert Váli; Page 25
  4. Geography Of India For Civil Ser Exam By Hussain; Page 12-251; "INDIA AND THE GEO-POLITICS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN"(16-33)