Pacific Ocean

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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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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

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Pacific Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Maipo River mouthLocation Pacific Ocean
Maipo River emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Ogasawara Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Hawaiʻi Kai locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Sonoma Coast AVA influencedBy Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Gyre partOf Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Gyre oceanBasin Pacific Ocean
Hyogo Prefecture coastOn Pacific Ocean
Java Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles County borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Crescent City, California locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Wakayama Prefecture hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Olympic Mountains drainageTo Pacific Ocean
Taiwan Strait partOf Pacific Ocean
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Hawaiʻi (island) locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Humboldt Bay connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Swains Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Aconcagua River mouthLocation Pacific Ocean
Central Coast of California locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Kauaʻi locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Small Nggela locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Small Nggela hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Anderson Valley AVA influencedBy Pacific Ocean
Molokaʻi locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Formosan languages arealRegion Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World setting Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Captain Jack Aubrey
Lānaʻi locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Orange County, California borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Operation Detachment location Pacific Ocean
Miraflores locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Miraflores borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Niʻihau location Pacific Ocean
Maule River mouth Pacific Ocean
San Diego County hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Kahoʻolawe locatedIn Pacific Ocean
North Coast of California borders Pacific Ocean
Kuril Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Golden Hind visitedOcean Pacific Ocean