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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Oceanside locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Oceanside borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Westside of Los Angeles borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Puerto Natales hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Tongass National Forest borders Pacific Ocean
San Diego Bay locatedOn Pacific Ocean
San Diego Bay mouthsInto Pacific Ocean
Indonesian archipelago locatedBetween Pacific Ocean
southwest Pacific Ocean partOf Pacific Ocean
Eureka, California locatedNear Pacific Ocean
San Diego locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Greater Sunda Islands borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Juan Fernández Commune locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Oaxaca bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Ventura, California locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Oxnard, California borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Mie Prefecture coastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Pinaroloxias distributionRegion Pacific Ocean
Yaeyama Islands seaArea Pacific Ocean
Armed Forces of Chile operatesIn Pacific Ocean
Japanese archipelago borderedBySea Pacific Ocean
Japanese archipelago separates Pacific Ocean
Chelonia mydas distribution Pacific Ocean
Chūbu region bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Rurik exploredRegion Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Rurik (ship)
Leyte Gulf ocean Pacific Ocean
Leyte Gulf partOf Pacific Ocean
Chūgoku region bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Vancouver Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Vancouver Island borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Nanaimo locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Dermochelys coriacea distribution Pacific Ocean
Strait of Malacca connects Pacific Ocean
French Republic overseasTerritoriesIn Pacific Ocean
Aleutian Trench ocean Pacific Ocean
Haida Gwaii locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Juan de Fuca Strait connectsTo Pacific Ocean
Juan de Fuca Strait westernTerminus Pacific Ocean
USS Sims (DD-409) theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean