steve o turtle | turtle 5e Turtle Habitat Ocean turtles inhabit tropical and subtropical waters around the world, but in the case of the leatherback turtle, it reaches the chilly waters of Alaska as well as the European Arctic occasionally. Although some species have a wide distribution, an example of a limited distribution is definitely the Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) which only dwells on the continental shelf of Australia, including Papua Fresh Guinea and Indonesia. Likewise, the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) inhabits only part of the American region. The main regions of the world with all the presence of sea turtles, separated by species, will be below. Putting surface sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) - the Atlantic Underwater, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mediterranean and beyond, African coasts, Northern Sydney, Argentine, Pacific Ocean. ...