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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Hawaiian Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
First Fleet primaryTheater Pacific Ocean
Gemini 8 landingSite Pacific Ocean
Fraser River mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
Sonoma County, California borders Pacific Ocean
Eleventh Air Fleet operationalArea Pacific Ocean
Sandfly Island hasBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Banda Sea locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Fourth Fleet activeIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Fourth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Brigadier General James Roy Andersen placeOfDeath Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: James Roy Andersen
UAM region Pacific Ocean
PGUA locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Equatorial Countercurrent occursIn Pacific Ocean
Pedro Miguel Locks nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Caroline Plate partOf Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
Stanley Park, Vancouver hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Stanley Park
Fifth Fleet theater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Fifth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Thirteenth Air Fleet theater Pacific Ocean
Miraflores Locks locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Sixth Fleet operationalArea Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Sixth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Andrew Molera State Park locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Andrew Molera State Park hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
French Polynesia seaBorder Pacific Ocean
José Gómez locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Salas y Gómez Island
Mount Popomanaseu isNear Pacific Ocean
Hecate Strait locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Port of Vancouver hasAccessTo Pacific Ocean
Biomuseo overlooks Pacific Ocean
Alaska Current ocean Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Japanese 10th Division theatre Pacific Ocean
Pools of ʻOheʻo emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Antofagasta Region bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Montecito, California, United States borderedBy Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Montecito, California
Hawthorne, California locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Carlsbad locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Port of Prince Rupert locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Gulf of California partOf Pacific Ocean
Gulf of California connectsTo Pacific Ocean
Puget Sound connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Rosarito locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Arica locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Soviet Navy theater Pacific Ocean
Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Kealakekua Bay
HMS Endeavour explored Pacific Ocean