Southeastern Pacific Ocean

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The Southeastern Pacific Ocean is the portion of the Pacific off the western coast of South America, encompassing remote island groups and vast marine ecosystems influenced by the Humboldt Current.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean region
adjacentTo Andes
surface form: Andes Mountains

Atacama Desert
affectedBy El Niño–Southern Oscillation
La Niña
borders Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
South America
characterizedBy coastal upwelling
high marine productivity
low sea surface temperatures
contains Atacama Trench
Desventuradas Islands
Easter Island
Galápagos Islands
Juan Fernández Islands
Nazca Ridge
Atacama Trench
surface form: Peru–Chile Trench

Easter Island
surface form: Rapa Nui

Nazca Ridge
surface form: Salas y Gómez Ridge
ecosystemType eastern boundary current large marine ecosystem
governedBy exclusive economic zones of Chile
exclusive economic zones of Colombia
exclusive economic zones of Ecuador
exclusive economic zones of Peru
hasBiodiversity endemic island species
marine mammals
pelagic fish
seabirds
hasClimate cold eastern boundary upwelling system
hasMajorCurrent Humboldt Current
Humboldt Current
surface form: Peru Current

South Pacific Gyre
includesMarineEcoregion Humboldtian marine ecoregion
Southeast Pacific Oceanic Islands ecoregion
influencedBy Humboldt Current
locatedIn Southern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
majorFisheryFor anchoveta
jack mackerel
sardine
partOf Pacific Ocean
supportsIndustry industrial fisheries
small-scale fisheries
threatenedBy climate change
marine pollution
overfishing
plastic debris

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Easter fracture zone locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
Terevaka volcano locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
Rano Raraku tuff cone locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Rano Raraku
this entity surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
Easter microplate locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
Poike volcano locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
Rano Kau volcano locatedIn Southeastern Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Rano Kau
this entity surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean