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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City Beach coast Pacific Ocean
City Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Eden nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Jaegers operationalTheater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Jaeger
Shirshov Ridge ocean Pacific Ocean
Golfo de Penas locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Golfo de Penas hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Golfo de Penas borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Yasawa Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Makassar Strait connects Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles River mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
Santa Cruz, California locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Choiseul Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Rialto Beach coast Pacific Ocean
Rialto Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate Strait ocean Pacific Ocean
Rennell and Bellona hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Ruby Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ruby Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Gorda Ridge ocean Pacific Ocean
Shi Shi Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
San Quintín Glacier flowsTowards Pacific Ocean
Arafura Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
Arafura Sea connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Chilean Matorral borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Northern Japan borders Pacific Ocean
San Félix Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
SST region Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Carpentaria partOf Pacific Ocean
Japanese cruiser Aoba theater Pacific Ocean
Daintree River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Aleutian Basin partOf Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Nankai Trough locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Nef Glacier drainageBasin Pacific Ocean
Keelung hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Isla de Pascua province ocean Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Isla de Pascua Province
Pebbly Beach ocean Pacific Ocean
Sheetʼká coastalLocation Pacific Ocean
Coquimbo locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Commonwealth Youth Programme regionServed Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Pambula Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean