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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Babeldaob locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Duke operatedIn Pacific Ocean
Duchess theatreOfOperations Pacific Ocean
East Beach hasShorelineOn Pacific Ocean
East Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
MARFORPAC areaOfResponsibility Pacific Ocean
Makira locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
CF regionServed Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Commonwealth Foundation
this entity surface form: Pacific
Asuncion locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Sunset Beach ocean Pacific Ocean
The Gathering Place locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Oahu
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge oceanBasin Pacific Ocean
Stearns Wharf locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Santa Barbara Harbor locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Waiʻanae Range locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Waiʻanae Range drainsTo Pacific Ocean
Leadbetter Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
ADB regionServed Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Asian Development Bank
this entity surface form: Pacific
Kailua locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ica Region hasBorder Pacific Ocean
Ica Region hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean partOf Pacific Ocean
Wotje Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Coast Range separates Pacific Ocean
Coast Range adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Baja California desert borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Forecast Seamount ocean Pacific Ocean
Pagan locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Agrihan locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Lima Province hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Rapa Nui National Park locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Rapa Nui National Park hasView Pacific Ocean
Panamá Province hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Canterbury bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Majuro locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Roca Norte locatedIn Pacific Ocean
West Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: West Beach (Santa Barbara)
Roca Sur locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse coastalFeature Pacific Ocean
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse hasView Pacific Ocean
Yaquina Head Lighthouse (nearby headland) situatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Yaquina Head Lighthouse (nearby headland) hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Bikini Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean
eastern North Pacific Ocean partOf Pacific Ocean
Enewetak Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean