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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CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style) navalTheater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Hiryū
HMS Discovery exploredRegion Pacific Ocean
Oregon Country borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Oregon Country boundedBy Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (west)
Coastal Range runsParallelTo Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Coastal Range (Chile)
Kagoshima Prefecture borderedBy Pacific Ocean
La Jolla Cove ocean Pacific Ocean
Cocos Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Alaska Peninsula separates Pacific Ocean
Alaska Peninsula bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Eastern Visayas hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
State of Michoacán borders Pacific Ocean
State of Michoacán coastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Pacific Flyway followsCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Apollo 14 splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
Gold Bluffs Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Illapel drainageBasin Pacific Ocean
Nauruan region Pacific Ocean
Byron Bay locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Yamba locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Savo Sound locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Guatemala Basin ocean Pacific Ocean
Ensenada locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ensenada borderingBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Rio Hato nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles Basin borders Pacific Ocean
Crowdy Bay National Park overlooks Pacific Ocean
Marine Corps Installations Pacific theaterOfResponsibility Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Puerto Escondido locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Tweed Heads coast Pacific Ocean
California tidelands locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Venice Beach borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Middle America Trench ocean Pacific Ocean
French Surface Fleet areaOfOperations Pacific Ocean
Hercules operatedIn Pacific Ocean
Nariño hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Marina del Rey locatedNextTo Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago ocean Pacific Ocean
Esmeralda Bank locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean Areas namedAfter Pacific Ocean
Lungga River nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Río Choapa mouthLocation Pacific Ocean
Río Choapa flowsInto Pacific Ocean