Eurasia is the landmass comprising Europe and Asia reckoned as a single continent, with Eurasia being a portmanteau of the two. Covering about 52,990,000 km (20,846,000 mi) or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface (36.2% of the land area), it is located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres, with the Arctic Ocean to the north; the Atlantic Ocean to the west; the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, and the Indian Ocean to the south; and the Pacific Ocean to the east.