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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Isthmus of Panama separates Pacific Ocean
Isthmus of Panama borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Isthmus of Panama connectsOceanBasins Pacific Ocean
Spanish–American War location Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay partOf Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay connectedTo Pacific Ocean
western United States borders Pacific Ocean
Sunset Boulevard near Pacific Ocean
Axis powers geographicScope Pacific Ocean
destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) locationOfLoss Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: USS Hammann (DD-412)
The Voyage of the Beagle setting Pacific Ocean
El Salvador borderedBy Pacific Ocean
El Salvador hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Tulagi locatedInRegion Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: South Pacific Ocean
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Pearl Harbor
Oregon sharesMaritimeBorderWith Pacific Ocean
Oregon lowestPoint Pacific Ocean
San Diego–Tijuana hasBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Atacama Desert borders Pacific Ocean
South America borderedByOcean Pacific Ocean
American Samoa locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: South Pacific Ocean
American Samoa borderingWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Peru hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Easter Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: southeastern Pacific Ocean
Patagonia sharesBorderWith Pacific Ocean
Philippines locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: western Pacific Ocean
Asia bordersOcean Pacific Ocean
East China Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
East China Sea connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Russia Far East bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Russian Far East
Queensland hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Queensland borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Great Dividing Range (part) drainsTo Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Great Dividing Range
Great Barrier Reef partOf Pacific Ocean
Inside Passage locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Central America borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean borders Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: South Pacific Ocean
Avenida del Mar borders Pacific Ocean
Port of Los Angeles waterway Pacific Ocean
North Coast AVA borderedBy Pacific Ocean
World War I location Pacific Ocean
Guadalcanal locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: South Pacific Ocean
Guadalcanal ocean Pacific Ocean
Northern Mariana Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: western Pacific Ocean