An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

Earth's five oceans were formed by the constant movement of tectonic plates beneath us, and the same process is already forming a sixth ocean in East Africa.

Their research revealed that in the present day, deep below the Earth’s surface, the Neotethys oceanic plate – the ocean floor that used to be between the Arabian and Eurasian continents ...