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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Philippine Trench partOf Pacific Ocean
Caraga hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Test Able ocean Pacific Ocean
Joint Task Force One theater Pacific Ocean
EAC ocean Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: East Australian Current
Kii Channel connects Pacific Ocean
Kii Channel locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Dutch Windmill near Pacific Ocean
Beach Chalet Soccer Fields hasView Pacific Ocean
Ryukyu Trench ocean Pacific Ocean
RMI locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
Ratak Chain locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ralik Chain locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Great Highway adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Great Highway hasScenicViewOf Pacific Ocean
Great Highway hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Izu–Ogasawara Trench ocean Pacific Ocean
Apollo 16 splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
Manila Trench ocean Pacific Ocean
Northern Pacific partOf Pacific Ocean
Northern Pacific locatedIn Pacific Ocean
World War II battles hasLocation Pacific Ocean
State of Chiapas bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Izu–Bonin Arc ocean Pacific Ocean
Guayas Province borders Pacific Ocean
Guerrero locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Guerrero borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Guerrero hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Coffs Harbour locatedOn Pacific Ocean
BC bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: British Columbia
southern Mexico borders Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
Apollo 8 landingSite Pacific Ocean
Kanto faces Pacific Ocean
Port Macquarie locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Forster-Tuncurry locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Forster-Tuncurry waterBody Pacific Ocean
Nazca Basin partOf Pacific Ocean
Cocos Ridge ocean Pacific Ocean
Tehuantepec Ridge ocean Pacific Ocean
U.S. Route 20 westernTerminus Pacific Ocean
Philippine Basin ocean Pacific Ocean
Hiryū-class aircraft carrier theater Pacific Ocean