Pacific Ocean

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body of water geographical feature ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth, spanning from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean and from Asia and Australia to the Americas.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific Ocean canonical	6,877
North Pacific Ocean	70
Pacific	49
Pacific Ocean basin	11
South Pacific Ocean	11
Pacific Ocean (distant view)	4
Pacific Ocean waters	4
western Pacific Ocean	4
North Pacific	2
Pacific Ocean (on clear days)	2
太平洋	2
Earth’s oceans	1
Eastern Pacific	1
Magellan Sea (historic usage for parts of the Pacific)	1
Pacific Ocean (distant view on clear days)	1
Pacific Ocean (distant views in clear weather)	1
Pacific Ocean (from some vantage points)	1
Pacific Ocean (portion)	1
Pacific Ocean (via inland sea channels)	1
Pacific Ocean (west)	1
Pacific Ocean Basin	1
Pacific Ocean region	1
Pacific basin	1
central Pacific Ocean	1
eastern Pacific Ocean	1
northern Pacific Ocean	1
southeastern Pacific Ocean	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ ocean ⓘ
area	approximately 165,000,000 square kilometers ⓘ approximately 63,800,000 square miles ⓘ
averageDepth	about 13,000 feet ⓘ about 4,000 meters ⓘ
bordersToEast	North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
bordersToNorth	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
bordersToSouth	Southern Ocean ⓘ
bordersToWest	Asia ⓘ Australia ⓘ
connectedTo	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
connectedVia	Bering Strait ⓘ Drake Passage ⓘ Panama Canal ⓘ Strait of Magellan ⓘ
containsCurrent	California Current ⓘ East Australian Current ⓘ Humboldt Current ⓘ Kuroshio Current ⓘ North Pacific Gyre ⓘ South Pacific Gyre ⓘ
containsEcosystem	coral reefs ⓘ deep-sea trenches ⓘ open-ocean pelagic zone ⓘ
containsFeature	Bering Sea ⓘ Coral Sea ⓘ Gulf of Alaska ⓘ Mariana Trench ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ Ring of Fire ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ Tonga Trench ⓘ
containsIslandGroup	Fiji ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ surface form: Hawaiian Islands Marshall Islands ⓘ Melanesia ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
containsMajorClimatePhenomenon	El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ surface form: La Niña
containsRegion	Pacific Ocean self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Pacific Pacific Ocean self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Pacific South Pacific ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific
coversFractionOfEarthSurface	about 30 percent ⓘ about one-third ⓘ
coversFractionOfWorldOceanArea	about 46 percent ⓘ
deepestPoint	Mariana Trench ⓘ surface form: Challenger Deep
deepestTrench	Mariana Trench ⓘ
etymology	derived from Latin 'Mare Pacificum' meaning 'peaceful sea' ⓘ
hasSalinityRange	about 32 to 37 PSU ⓘ
hasTectonicBoundary	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Cocos Plate ⓘ Eurasian Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
hemispherePresence	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Western Hemisphere ⓘ
influences	global climate ⓘ global weather patterns ⓘ
isDeepestOceanOnEarth	true ⓘ
isImportantFor	fisheries ⓘ marine biodiversity ⓘ
isLargestOceanOnEarth	true ⓘ
isMajorRouteFor	international shipping ⓘ
locatedOnPlanet	Earth ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 10,984 meters ⓘ about 36,037 feet ⓘ
name	Pacific Ocean self-link ⓘ
namedBy	Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ

Referenced by (7,052)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States of America → borderOcean → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

California, United States → borders → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: California

California, United States → hasCoastlineOn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: California

Operation Watchtower → theater → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Japan → locatedIn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Japan → borderedBySea → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Chile → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Coquimbo Region → bordersOcean → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

San Francisco → borders → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

West Coast of the United States → borders → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

I Love You, California → mentions → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Pacific War → location → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Battle of Midway → location → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

North America → borderedByOcean → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mexico → borderBodyOfWater → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Northern California → borders → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Coastal Ranges → nearbyWaterBody → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

La Serena → isOn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Guam → locatedIn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean → name → Pacific Ocean self-link ⓘ

Pacific Ocean → containsRegion → Pacific Ocean self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific

Pacific Ocean → containsRegion → Pacific Ocean self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific

United States Navy → operatesIn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Pacific Ring of Fire → locatedAround → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Pacific Rim → setting → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

North American Cordillera → ocean → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Station HYPO → regionOfOperations → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Northern Hemisphere → contains → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean

Earth → hasOcean → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Equator → passesThrough → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Los Angeles → locatedOnCoast → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Southern California → borders → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Channel Islands National Park → locatedIn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

New South Wales → borders → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

New South Wales → hasCoastlineOn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Australia → liesOnOcean → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Arctic Ocean → connectedTo → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Alaska → borderedBy → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Alaska → hasCoastlineOn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Sea of Japan → partOf → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Sea of Japan → connectedTo → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Pacific Northwest → bordersBodyOfWater → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ecuador → hasCoastOn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Panama → hasCoastlineOn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Florida Islands → locatedIn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Ocean

Florida Islands → ocean → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ferdinand Magellan → oceanNamedAfter → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magellan Sea (historic usage for parts of the Pacific)

Mariana Trench → locatedIn → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Pacific Ocean

Mariana Trench → partOf → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mariana Trench → deepestPointOf → Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth’s oceans