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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Cerro Jefe hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (on clear days)
Russia bordersSea Pacific Ocean
Tijuana adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
South China Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
British Overseas Territories region Pacific Ocean
Commonwealth Foundation operatesIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Oahu ocean Pacific Ocean
Oahu hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Desventuradas Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Elqui Province hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Limarí River mouth Pacific Ocean
Limarí River emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Yaquina Bay emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Asian Development Bank regionServed Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Samoans ocean Pacific Ocean
Inca Empire borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Runyon Canyon Park hasView Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (on clear days)
Hana, Maui locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Moby-Dick setting Pacific Ocean
Pacific coast of Chile ocean Pacific Ocean
South Pacific partOf Pacific Ocean
Guayas River emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Guayas River drainageBasin Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
Baja California bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Tsushima Current ocean Pacific Ocean
Challenger Deep locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Challenger Deep oceanBasin Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Cape Mendocino locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Gold Coast locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Northwest Passage connects Pacific Ocean
Coral Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
Bering Strait connects Pacific Ocean
Bering Strait locatedOn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: northern Pacific Ocean
Sunshine Coast locatedOn Pacific Ocean
USS Yorktown (CV-5) locationSunk Pacific Ocean
Bering Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
Shikoku hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Juan de Fuca Ridge partOf Pacific Ocean
Hunter River dischargesInto Pacific Ocean
eastern Australia locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Eastern Australia