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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Pacifica, California namedAfter Pacific Ocean
Seventy-Five Mile Beach adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Cape Blanco State Park locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Cape Blanco State Park hasView Pacific Ocean
King Peak overlooks Pacific Ocean
Cape Perpetua locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Cape Perpetua overlooks Pacific Ocean
Brookings locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Brookings, Oregon
Flores Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
San Miguel Hill locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Chiloé Archipelago locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Marakei locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Marakei hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Bandon, Oregon locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Bandon, Oregon hasNearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Garibaldi, Oregon locatedOnWaterbody Pacific Ocean
Forster hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean
South West Rocks locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Scotts Head locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Nikunau locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Columbia River estuary locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Columbia River estuary borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Fort Clatsop near Pacific Ocean
Amasa Delano maritimeActivityRegion Pacific Ocean
Point Bennett locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Point Bennett hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Seaside locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Haystack Rock locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Pacific Coast megalopolis coast Pacific Ocean
Tohoku bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Gisborne locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Cañete River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Cañete River mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
Region XIII hasBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Astoria Column overlooks Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (distant view)
Joseph Banks exploredRegion Pacific Ocean
Uraga nearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Russian Gulch State Park locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Russian Gulch State Park hasView Pacific Ocean
Amador Causeway locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Tamana locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Tomini partOf Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
Cape Arago State Park overlooks Pacific Ocean
Cardenal Caro Province borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Cardenal Caro Province hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Gold Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Gold Beach hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean