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.

Aliases (21)

North Pacific Ocean ×17
Pacific ×15
South Pacific Ocean ×11
Pacific Ocean basin ×8
western Pacific Ocean ×4
North Pacific ×2
Pacific Ocean (on clear days) ×2
Earth’s oceans ×1
Eastern Pacific ×1
Magellan Sea (historic usage for parts of the Pacific) ×1
Pacific Ocean (distant view) ×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 → Hawaiian Islands → Marshall Islands → Melanesia → Micronesia → Philippines → Polynesia → Solomon Islands →
containsMajorClimatePhenomenon	El Niño–Southern Oscillation → La Niña →
containsRegion	Eastern Pacific → North Pacific → South Pacific → Western Pacific →
coversFractionOfEarthSurface	about 30 percent → about one-third →
coversFractionOfWorldOceanArea	about 46 percent →
deepestPoint	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 →
namedBy	Ferdinand Magellan →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 1,382)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abemama → Alaska → Ancash Region → Arica y Parinacota Region → Baranof Island → British Columbia → California → Canada → Caraga → Central California → Central Province, Solomon Islands → Chocó Department → Clallam County, Washington → Colima → Colombia → Coquimbo Province → Coronel → Costa Rica → Curry County, Oregon → Eastern District, American Samoa → Eastern Samar → Eastern Visayas → El Salvador → Greater Sydney region → Guadalcanal Province → Guatemala → Guerrero → Honduras → Jefferson County, Washington → Keelung → Kodiak Island → Kosrae State → Lima Province → Lima Region → Lincoln County, Oregon → Mendocino County → Mid North Coast → Nauru → New South Wales → Nicaragua → Northern New South Wales → Oahu → Orange County, California → Panama → Panamá Province → Peru → Primorsky Krai → Province of San Antonio → Queensland → Rennell and Bellona → San Diego County → San Pedro, Los Angeles → Shikoku → Sinaloa → Small Nggela → South East Queensland → Southwest Washington → Valparaíso Region → Veraguas Province → Viti Levu → Wakayama Prefecture → Washington (state) → Ñuble →	hasCoastlineOn
Ala Moana Beach → Alaska → Antofagasta → Baja California Peninsula ranges → Baja California desert → Burleigh Heads Beach → California State Senate District 2 → California's 2nd congressional district → Canada West Coast → Canela → Captaincy General of Chile → Central America → Central Coast of California → Chilean Matorral → Chorrillos → Coronel → El Salvador → Golfo de Penas → Greater Sunda Islands → Guerrero → Hokkaido → Inca Empire → Isthmus of Panama → Kagoshima Prefecture → King Range National Conservation Area → Los Angeles County → Los Padres National Forest → Magallanes Region → Maule Region → Michoacán → Miraflores → Montecito, California → New Ireland → North Coast AVA → North Coast Ranges → North Coast of British Columbia → Northern Triangle of Central America → Oceanside → Olympic Peninsula → Orange County, California → Oregon Country → Oxnard, California → Peninsular Ranges → Province of San Antonio → Queensland → Redondo Beach → San Francisco Bay Area → San Pedro, Los Angeles → Southeast Asia → Southern Cone → Southwestern United States → Tumaco → Vancouver Island → Venice Beach → Venice, Los Angeles → Veraguas Province → Washington → Western Canada → Westside of Los Angeles →	borderedBy
Atacama Desert → Avenida del Mar → California → Cape Horn Archipelago → Clatsop County, Oregon → Coast Mountains → Darién Gap → Darién Province → Del Norte County, California → Eastern China → Eurasia → Golden Gate Park → Guayas Province → Humboldt County → Jalisco → King Range → Lima Region → Limarí Province → Lincoln County, Oregon → Los Angeles Basin → Los Lagos Region → Lost Coast → Malay Archipelago → Marin County → Maritime Southeast Asia → Mendocino County → New South Wales → North Coast (New South Wales) → North Coast of California → Northern California → Northern Chile → Northern Japan → Oahu South Shore → Panhandle of Alaska → Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores → San Francisco → Santa Lucia Range → Santa Monica Mountains → Santa Ynez Mountains → Siberia → Sierra Madre → Sitka Sound → Sonoma County, California → Southern California → Southern Cone geopolitical region of Chile → Southern Mexico → Southern Ocean ("South Pacific Ocean") → State of Michoacán → Tarapacá Region → Tongass National Forest → Venice Boardwalk → Waikiki → West Coast of the United States → Western Oregon → western United States →	borders
Alaska Peninsula → Antofagasta Region → Baja California → Baja California Sur → British Columbia → Canterbury → Central Coast of Peru → Chiapas → Chūbu region → Chūgoku region → Clallam County, Washington → Colima → Coos County, Oregon → Coromandel Peninsula → Curry County, Oregon → Douglas County, Oregon → Grays Harbor County, Washington → Greater Los Angeles Area → Jefferson County, Washington → Jefferson County, Washington → Lane County, Oregon → Manabí Province → Monterey County, California → Oaxaca → Pacific County, Washington → Pacific Northwest → Russian Far East → San Francisco County → San Francisco Peninsula → San Luis Obispo County → San Mateo County, California → Santa Barbara County → State of Chiapas → Tillamook County, Oregon → Ventura County → Western Japan →	bordersBodyOfWater
Atacama Region → Aysén Region → Choapa Province → Ecuador → Elqui Province → Greater Concepción → Honshu → Huaral Province → Kantō region → Maule Region → Nariño → Nayarit → Northeastern Australia → O’Higgins Region → Puerto Natales → Southern Chile →	hasCoastOn
Beach Chalet Soccer Fields → Cordillera de Nahuelbuta National Park → Devils Peak → Hotel del Coronado → Outlets at San Clemente → Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint → Rapa Nui National Park → Royal Hawaiian Hotel → Runyon Canyon Park ("Pacific Ocean (on clear days)") → Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor → San Clemente State Beach → Waiʻanapanapa State Park → Will Rogers State Historic Park → Yaquina Bay Lighthouse →	hasView
Antarctic Circumpolar Current → Bering Strait → Cape Horn sea route → Kii Channel → Makassar Strait → Northeast Passage → Northwest Passage → Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) → Panama Canal → Panama Canal railway system → Singapore Strait → Strait of Magellan → Strait of Malacca →	connects
Arafura Sea → Arctic Ocean → East China Sea → Hauraki Gulf → Humboldt Bay → Lake Macquarie → Lake Nicaragua → Puget Sound → San Francisco Bay → Sea of Japan → Sea of Okhotsk → Solomon Sea →	connectedTo
Calafia Beach Park → Coast Range → Daly City → Great Highway → Monterey Bay region → Ocean Front Walk → Pacific coastal plain from interior desert basins → Santa Cruz Mountains → Terrigal Beach → Tijuana → United States territorial waters →	adjacentTo
Amur River ("Pacific Ocean basin") → Biobío River → Choapa River → Daintree River → Fitzroy River (Queensland) → McWay Falls → Rímac River → Río Choapa → Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta → Tone River →	flowsInto
Anacapa Island → Andrew Molera State Park → Barú → Big Sur region of California → Bixby Creek Bridge → Cape Mendocino Lighthouse → Cerro Jefe ("Pacific Ocean (on clear days)") → Cinta Costera → City Beach →	hasViewOf
Choapa Valley → Diamond Mountain District AVA → Maipo Valley → Mendocino AVA → Russian River Valley AVA → Sonoma Mountain AVA → Sonoma Valley AVA → Valle de Guadalupe wine region →	climateInfluence
Bar Beach → City Beach → Kuhio Beach → Newcastle → Point Reyes National Seashore → Rialto Beach → Seward → Tweed Heads →	coast
Elqui Valley → Guayas River ("Pacific Ocean basin") → Illapel → Kootenay River → Monte San Valentín → Nef Glacier → Pohnpei → Redwood Creek ("Pacific Ocean basin") →	drainageBasin
Campo de Hielo Norte → Clarence River basin → Great Dividing Range → Hunter River catchment → Southern Patagonian Ice Field → Waiʻanae Range → ʻOheʻo Gulch →	drainsTo
Elqui River → Guayas River → Klamath River estuary → Limarí River → Maipo River → Pools of ʻOheʻo → Yaquina Bay →	emptiesInto
Cinta Costera → Costa Verde highway → Mexican Federal Highway 200 → Pacific Coast Highway → Pacific Flyway → Scenic Highway Tijuana–Ensenada →	followsCoastOf
Americas → Antarctica → Latin America → North America → South America →	borderedByOcean
Asia → Asia-Pacific → Coquimbo Region → East Asia → Indian Ocean →	bordersOcean
Baja California Sur → Chukotka Autonomous Okrug → Mie Prefecture → State of Michoacán → Tarapacá Region →	coastlineOn
Beagle Channel → Gulf of California → Gulf of Guayaquil → Juan de Fuca Strait → Seto Inland Sea →	connectsTo
Coast Mountains → Illawarra Escarpment → Olympic Mountains → Santa Ynez Mountains → Sierra Madre de Chiapas →	drainageTo
Antofagasta → Fort Bragg → Huacho → Ica Region → Marcoola →	hasCoastline
Hanauma Bay → Point Sur Lighthouse → Port of Long Beach → Prisoners Harbor →	bodyOfWater
Japan → Japanese archipelago → Palau → Philippine Archipelago →	borderedBySea
Chuuk State → Guadalcanal Province → San Diego–Tijuana → Sandfly Island →	hasBodyOfWater
Gold Beach, Oregon → Isla Carlos III → Nggela Pile → Southport →	hasNearbyWaterBody
INDOPACOM → MARFORPAC → U.S. Pacific Fleet ("eastern Pacific Ocean") →	areaOfResponsibility
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes → Drake Passage → Golden Gate Strait →	connectsBodyOfWater
First voyage of James Cook → Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik ("North Pacific") → Vega expedition →	destinationRegion
Chelonia mydas → Cubozoa → Dermochelys coriacea →	distribution
HMS Endeavour → James Cook → Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira →	explored
HMS Discovery → HMS Resolution → Rurik (ship) →	exploredRegion
Honolulu County → State of Oaxaca →	borderedByBodyOfWater
Diocese of Callao → Ensenada →	borderingBodyOfWater
American Samoa → Crescent City, California →	borderingWaterBody
Hyogo Prefecture → Mie →	coastOn
Northern Hemisphere ("North Pacific Ocean") → Western Hemisphere →	contains
Pacific Ocean ("Eastern Pacific") → Pacific Ocean ("North Pacific") →	containsRegion
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way → World Ocean →	hasPart
Great Highway → Scenic Highway Tijuana–Ensenada →	hasScenicViewOf
Fourth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) →	activeIn
Chukchi Peninsula →	adjacentOcean
Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone →	adjacentToOcean
Pacific Ocean Areas →	appliesToJurisdiction
Formosan languages ("Pacific") →	arealRegion
Ioannis Phokas →	areaOfActivity
French Surface Fleet →	areaOfOperations
United States Indo-Pacific Command →	areaOfResponsibilityIncludes
America’s Finest City →	associatedWith
Mexico →	borderBodyOfWater
Central Province →	borderedByWaterBody
United States of America →	borderOcean
Russia →	bordersSea
Ancash Region →	bordersTo
Biobío Region →	bordersToTheWest
Oregon Country ("Pacific Ocean (west)") →	boundedBy
contiguous United States →	boundedByBodyOfWater
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse →	coastalFeature
Sheetʼká →	coastalLocation
RV Vityaz →	conductedExpeditionsIn
LMS Princess Royal Class ("Pacific") →	configuration
Lewiston, Idaho →	connectedByWaterwayTo
Karimata Strait →	connectsMaritimeRoute
Interstate 10 →	connectsOcean
Isthmus of Panama →	connectsOceanBasins
Panama Canal Authority →	connectsViaCanal
Southern Hemisphere →	containsPartOf
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States ("Pacific") →	continentFocus
Jacob Roggeveen →	continentOfExploration
International Date Line →	crosses
Mariana Trench ("Earth’s oceans") →	deepestPointOf
Treaty of Zaragoza →	definedRegion
Third voyage of James Cook →	destination
Hunter River →	dischargesInto
Pinaroloxias →	distributionRegion
Age of Sail →	dominantRegion
Ring of Fire →	encircles
Magellan–Elcano expedition →	enteredOcean
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami →	epicenterOcean
Aquarium Kaiyukan →	exhibit
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt →	extendsFrom
North American plate boundary system →	extendsUnder
Kanto →	faces
North Pacific Gyre →	featureOf
Full Circle with Michael Palin →	featuresBodyOfWater
Around the World in 80 Days →	featuresLocation
Run Silent, Run Deep →	filmingLocation
Aysén River basin →	flowsTo
San Quintín Glacier →	flowsTowards
The Coming War on China →	focusesOnRegion
Mexican Federal Highway 1 →	followsCoast
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands →	front
World Ocean Floor map →	geographicCoverage
Scorpaeniformes →	geographicDistribution
Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time →	geographicOcean
HI →	geographicRegion
Axis powers →	geographicScope
Knifehead →	habitat
Port of Vancouver →	hasAccessTo
Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich →	hasActivityIn
Coos County, Oregon →	hasAreaWaterBody
Ica Region →	hasBorder
District of Alaska →	hasBorderWith
University of California, Santa Barbara →	hasCampusOn
California Ocean Protection Council →	hasDomain
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup →	hasGeographicDistribution
World War II battles →	hasLocation
San Pedro Bay →	hasMouth
Point Sur State Historic Park →	hasNearbyBodyOfWater
Huacho →	hasNearbyFeature
Earth →	hasOcean
America →	hasOceanBoundary
U.S. Southern Command ("Pacific Ocean (portion)") →	hasOperationalArea
Tuggerah Lake →	hasOutflow
Van Damme State Park →	hasScenicView
Kyushu →	hasSea
North Island →	hasSeaOnCoast
East Beach →	hasShorelineOn