Continents and Oceans Crossword Puzzle

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Continents and Oceans 17

Africa Second-largest continent; a neck of land in Egypt ties it to the largest
Americas One word for the third- and fourth-largest continents together
Antarctica Fifth-largest continent, alone at the bottom of the world map
Arctic The smallest ocean, at the top of the world map
Asia The largest continent; it shares one landmass with the sixth largest
Atlantic The second-largest ocean
Australia The smallest continent, and a country as well
Eurasia The one landmass that the largest and the sixth-largest continents share
Europe Sixth-largest continent, at the west end of the landmass it shares
Five How many oceans most countries name today
Indian The third-largest ocean
North America Third-largest continent; a narrow neck of land ties it to the fourth largest
Oceania Region made of the smallest continent and the lands scattered across the largest ocean
Pacific The largest and deepest ocean
Seven How many continents the usual school list counts
South America Fourth-largest continent, where the Amazon flows
Southern The newest named ocean; it rings the frozen fifth-largest continent

Lines and Landforms 16

Date Line Imaginary boundary near 180 degrees where one calendar day changes to the next
Equator Imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, at 0 degrees
Globe A round scale model of the Earth
Hemisphere Half of the Earth, such as the northern half or the western half
Island A body of land with water all around it
Isthmus Narrow strip of land that links two bigger lands
Latitude How far north or south of the middle line a place is, in degrees
Longitude How far east or west of the Greenwich line a place is, in degrees
North Pole The point at the very top of the Earth, in the middle of the smallest ocean
Panama Country on the neck of land between the third- and fourth-largest continents
Peninsula Land with water on nearly every side but joined to the mainland
Prime meridian The north-to-south line of 0 degrees, through Greenwich in England
South Pole The point at the very bottom of the Earth, on the frozen fifth-largest continent
Strait Narrow strip of water that links two bigger bodies of water
Suez Egyptian neck of land between the two largest continents, crossed by a canal
Urals Mountain range on the line between the largest continent and the sixth largest

How this list was compiled: 33 clues written for this site in two sets: the seven continents and five oceans with the words that group them, and the lines and landforms of a world map. Order of the continents and of the oceans by size: the area shares (Natural Earth, public domain; the drawing of continents-and-oceans-quiz), Wikipedia, Continent and Ocean, and National Geographic Education, Continent. Ocean facts: the NOAA National Ocean Service pages How many oceans are there?, What is the largest ocean basin on Earth?, What is the world's smallest ocean? and What is longitude? Landforms and lines: the National Geographic Education entries Hemisphere, Isthmus, Strait, Peninsula, Island, Globe and Latitude, and the Wikipedia article on each word. All read on 2026-10-01; the URLs are in the notes. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

This continents and oceans crossword puzzle clues each continent and ocean by its size and place, never by name, so the grid is a recall test. A second set holds the map words, from Equator and Hemisphere to Isthmus.

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Two sets

Continents and Oceans has the seven continents, the five oceans and the words that group them, such as Eurasia and Oceania. Lines and Landforms covers Latitude, Longitude, Prime meridian, Peninsula, Strait and the two poles. All mixes both.

Print or solve

For a class, Print puts the grid and its clues on paper, with the answer key as the last sheet. On a phone or tablet, tap any square and type. Two-word answers such as North America go in without the space.

Say the continents in order of size first: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia. Most clues use that order.
The oceans by size are Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic.

Questions and answers

Is there a continents and oceans crossword with answers?

Yes. The answer key prints as the last sheet, and Show all clues and answers, below the puzzle, lists all 33 clues of the two sets, each with its answer.

What are the seven continents and five oceans?

From largest to smallest, the continents are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia. The oceans are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic.

Why is the Southern Ocean in the puzzle?

Older lists name four oceans. Most countries, the United States among them, now count the Southern Ocean around Antarctica as the fifth, so the puzzle has five.

Is Australia or Oceania the seventh continent?

Most school lists in English-speaking countries name Australia. Oceania is a wider name that takes in Australia and thousands of small Pacific islands. The puzzle has both words.