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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San Onofre State Beach (nearby) locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: San Onofre State Beach
Outlets at San Clemente hasView Pacific Ocean
La Casa Pacifica (Nixon’s Western White House) locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: La Casa Pacifica
Honolulu Volcanic Series locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Kuhio Beach coast Pacific Ocean
Redondo Beach borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Sierra Madre de Chiapas drainageTo Pacific Ocean
Great Sandy Region locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Huaral Province hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Point Arena locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Point Arena hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
San Clemente State Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
San Clemente State Beach hasView Pacific Ocean
San Clemente State Beach waterBody Pacific Ocean
Sili village locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ten-Go theater Pacific Ocean
Ulladulla locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Queen’s Surf Beach waterType Pacific Ocean
Nadi–San Francisco isOver Pacific Ocean
Ancash Region bordersTo Pacific Ocean
Ancash Region hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Arend voyagedThrough Pacific Ocean
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Fitzroy River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Fitzroy River (Queensland)
Greater Concepción hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Banaba locatedIn Pacific Ocean
T-Street Beach hasWaterType Pacific Ocean
Valparaíso Bay locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Sierra Madre borders Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Fonseca partOf Pacific Ocean
Puente de los Suspiros hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (distant view)
WIN Stadium hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Sepik River mouthLocation Pacific Ocean
Barú hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Maunga Terevaka hasViewOf Pacific Ocean