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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Biobío River mouth Pacific Ocean
Biobío River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Callao locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Callao locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Port of Callao
Siberia borders Pacific Ocean
Volcano Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Apollo 11 landingSite Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Cascadia Subduction Zone locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Tokyo Bay locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Sonoma Mountain AVA climateInfluence Pacific Ocean
Hendrik Brouwer operatedIn Pacific Ocean
Hilo locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Kailua-Kona locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Chilean Navy operatesIn Pacific Ocean
Sinaloa locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Sinaloa hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Del Norte County, California borders Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Ancud partOf Pacific Ocean
Royal Australian Navy operatesIn Pacific Ocean
Nayarit hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Solomon Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
Solomon Sea connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Manila–Acapulco route traverses Pacific Ocean
South Equatorial Current locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Trinidad visited Pacific Ocean
Cape Horn Archipelago borders Pacific Ocean
Gela Sule locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Gela Sule locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Nggela Sule
Whitsunday Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Southeastern Alaska locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Luzon Strait partOf Pacific Ocean
Pacific Palisades locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Western Canada borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Western Mexico locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Rapel Valley influencedBy Pacific Ocean
Monterey locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Gela Island locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Omelek Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Southern Cone borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Chatham Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Bougainville Island surroundedBy Pacific Ocean
Japanese colonial empire locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Point Reyes National Seashore coast Pacific Ocean
Ventura County bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean