western Pacific Ocean

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region of the Pacific Ocean

The western Pacific Ocean is the portion of the Pacific bordering East and Southeast Asia and Oceania, known for its deep ocean trenches, numerous island chains, and significant tectonic and climatic activity.

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Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region of the Pacific Ocean →
adjacentTo	East China Sea dispute areas → Paracel Islands → Senkaku Islands → South China Sea dispute areas → Spratly Islands →
borders	Australia → China → East Asia → Indonesia → Japan → Malaysia → Oceania → Papua New Guinea → Philippines → Southeast Asia → Vietnam →
contains	Arafura Sea → Bismarck Archipelago → Bismarck Sea → Caroline Islands → Celebes Sea → Coral Sea → East China Sea → Izu–Bonin Trench → Japan Trench → Kermadec Trench → Mariana Islands → Mariana Trench → Melanesia → Micronesia → New Britain Trench → New Guinea → Philippine Sea → Philippine Trench → Philippine archipelago → Ryukyu Trench → Sea of Japan → Solomon Islands → Solomon Sea → South China Sea → Sulu Sea → Timor Sea → Tonga Trench → parts of Polynesia →
hasClimate	subtropical → temperate in northern margins → tropical →
hasCurrent	East Australian Current → Equatorial Countercurrent → Kuroshio Current → Mindanao Current → New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent → North Equatorial Current → South Equatorial Current →
hasFeature	back-arc basins → coral reef systems → deep ocean trenches → high marine biodiversity → numerous island arcs → subduction zones → warm surface waters →
hasProperty	frequent volcanic activity → high seismic activity → high tectonic activity →
hasRole	important for global carbon cycle → key region for ocean–atmosphere heat exchange → major region for tropical cyclone development →
influences	Asian monsoon → El Niño–Southern Oscillation → global climate system → tropical cyclone formation in the western North Pacific →
locatedIn	Northern Hemisphere → Southern Hemisphere →
partOf	Pacific Ocean → Pacific Ring of Fire →
richIn	coral reef biodiversity → tuna stocks →
usedFor	fisheries → international shipping routes → offshore hydrocarbon extraction →

Referenced by (118)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Angaur → Arafura Sea → Bismarck Archipelago → British Western Pacific Territories → Caroline Plate → Challenger Deep → Chamorro Language Commission (Northern Mariana Islands) ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Choiseul Island ("Western Pacific") → Commonwealth of the Philippines ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Esmeralda Bank → Farallon de Pajaros → Federated States of Micronesia → Forecast Seamount → Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → Gulf of Tonkin ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Hagåtña → Iwo Jima → Izu–Bonin Arc → Izu–Ogasawara Trench → Japan Current ("western North Pacific Ocean") → Koror → Kuril–Kamchatka subduction system ("northwest Pacific Ocean") → Kyushu–Palau Ridge system → Liman Current ("Northwest Pacific Ocean") → Luzon ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Luzon Strait ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Macclesfield Bank ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Manila Trench → Mariana Island Arc → Mariana Trench Marine National Monument → Mariana subduction zone → Mariana volcanic arc → Micronesia → Micronesians → Mindanao ("Western Pacific Ocean") → NW Rota-1 → Ngerulmud → North Equatorial Current (regional) → Okinawa Plate → Palau → Palau Trench → Palikir → Paracel Islands ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Parece Vela Basin → Peleliu ("Western Pacific") → Pescadores Islands → Philippine Archipelago ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Philippine Basin → Philippine Mobile Belt ("western Pacific") → Philippine Sea → Philippine Sea Plate → Philippine Sea gyre ("western North Pacific Ocean") → Pohnpei → Ryukyu Arc → Ryukyu Islands ("northwestern Pacific Ocean") → Ryukyu Trench → Saipan → Samar Island ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Scarborough Shoal → Sirena Deep → Spratly Islands ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Sulu Sea → Taiwan Strait ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Tinian → Truk Lagoon → U.S. Pacific national wildlife refuges ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Visayas ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Volcano Islands → Yap State →	locatedIn
Carolinian ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages → Forecast Seamount → Kosraean language ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Palauan ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Palauan language group (Micronesia) → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ("Western Pacific") → Tsushima Current ("Northwest Pacific") → Yapese people ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	region
Bali Sea → Celebes Sea → Formosa ("Western Pacific") → Philippine Sea ("western Pacific theater") → Sea of Okhotsk → South China Sea ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Yellow Sea ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	partOf
3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade ("Western Pacific") → Commander, Third Fleet ("Western Pacific Ocean") → Fleet Air Force ("Pacific Ocean near Japan") → Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) ("Western Pacific Ocean") → U.S. Navy Task Force 58 ("Western Pacific") →	operationalArea
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ("Western Pacific") → South West Pacific Area →	appliesToJurisdiction
RV Kairei ("Northwest Pacific Ocean") → United States Seventh Fleet ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	operatesIn
3rd Marine Logistics Group ("Western Pacific") → III MEF ("Western Pacific") →	primaryAreaOfOperations
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport ("Western Pacific") → Camp Courtney ("Western Pacific") →	regionServed
III Marine Expeditionary Force ("Western Pacific") →	areaOfResponsibility
Central Pacific Ocean ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	borders
Himawari meteorological satellites ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	coverageArea
Kaga-class aircraft carrier ("Western Pacific") →	designedForEnvironment
Palau Time ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	geographicalArea
GU →	geographicRegion
Eastern Hemisphere ("Pacific Ocean (western part)") →	includesOcean
Higashi Shina Kai ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	locatedInRegion
southwest Pacific Ocean ("Western Pacific") →	locatedInTheRegion
Bohai Sea →	locatedOn
Harima-nada Sea ("Northwest Pacific") →	marineRegion
Japan Trench ("Northwest Pacific Ocean") →	oceanBasin
Sulu Sea ("Western Pacific") →	oceanographicRegion
Commander of the Asiatic Squadron ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	operatingArea
1st Marine Aircraft Wing ("Western Pacific") →	primaryAreaOfResponsibility
Chinese Air Force ("Western Pacific") →	regionOfOperations
United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific ("Western Pacific") →	regionPresence
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit ("Western Pacific") →	theater
Asiatic Squadron ("Western Pacific Ocean") →	theaterOfOperations
Carolinean languages →	traditionalRegion