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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Oceanside Harbor Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Oceanside City Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Krusenstern Strait partOf Pacific Ocean
Krusenstern Strait hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Tiatia Volcano nearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Cavancha Beach locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Ise Bay opensTo Pacific Ocean
Duff Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Rogue River mouthLocation Pacific Ocean
Papudo locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Tututepec coast Pacific Ocean
Fiji Basin partOf Pacific Ocean
Lau Basin partOf Pacific Ocean
Havre Trough ocean Pacific Ocean
Challenger Plateau ocean Pacific Ocean
City of Imperial Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Cabrillo National Monument overlooks Pacific Ocean
Aconcagua wine region influencedBy Pacific Ocean
17-Mile Drive followsCoastOf Pacific Ocean
San Juan Bautista locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Juan Fernández areaOfActivity Pacific Ocean
Tarama Village locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Region of Costa borders Pacific Ocean
Region of Costa hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Costa del Pacífico borders Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Costa del Pacífico (Oaxaca)
Costa del Pacífico sea Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Costa del Pacífico (Oaxaca)
Huatulco locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Ventura City Hall locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Kanagawa Prefecture coastOn Pacific Ocean
Chetco River mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
San Francisco (via Wikimedia Foundation) borderedBy Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: San Francisco
Costa Sur locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Costa Sur (Jalisco)
The Call of Cthulhu settingLocation Pacific Ocean
Cthulhu locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Uraga Channel connectsTo Pacific Ocean
Kodiak Island Borough borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Ebeye locatedIn Pacific Ocean
中部地方 hasSeaCoast Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: 太平洋
Predpriyatie navigatedRegion Pacific Ocean
Point Loma Lighthouse overlooks Pacific Ocean
San Nicolas Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Smith River mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
the Gulf of Georgia partOf Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Gulf of Georgia
Halfmoon Bay locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
North Maluku Province borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Point Fermin Park overlooks Pacific Ocean
Point Fermin Park hasView Pacific Ocean