[burzum]

Well from my experiences sailing the seas on a submarine, the size of an area in the ocean is just a number. There really isn't any way to get an understanding of scale. Something that you might consider a tiny area in the Pacific Ocean could easily be many times the size of Texas.

All that you can really do is say how long it will take you to cross a stretch of ocean. No other comparisons were ever very useful for me. While it may make sense to say that the Mediterranean is small compared to the Pacific Ocean, it has an area of 965,000 square miles (about 4 times the size of Texas or 7 times the size of Montana). It is only small by comparison to something ridiculously large.

[blam]

"Well from my experiences sailing the seas on a submarine, the size of an area in the ocean is just a number."

Mine as well. I was on diesel subs in the early 60's.

[onedoug]

Thanks for your "silent service".