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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Coronado Peninsula adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Bamfield locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Niuatoputapu Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Kharimkotan Volcano ocean Pacific Ocean
Columbia reentryLocation Pacific Ocean
Insular Mountains borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Insular Mountains nearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
New Hebrides Trench locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Kingdom of Hawaii locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Coronado Island adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
California coast borders Pacific Ocean
Emma Wood State Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Vancouver Island Ranges borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Vancouver Island Ranges drainageTo Pacific Ocean
Victoria Harbour bodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon placeOfDeath Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Millard F. Harmon
Imperial Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Imperial Beach borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Makanrushi Strait partOf Pacific Ocean
Makanrushi Strait hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Drakes Beach hasView Pacific Ocean
Drakes Beach ocean Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean region locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Oceanside Harbor locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Race Rocks ocean Pacific Ocean
Coos River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
San Luis Obispo locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Más a Tierra locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Brookings, Oregon locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Taisho-jima locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Limantour Beach locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
San Bernardino Strait oceanBasin Pacific Ocean
San Bernardino Strait links Pacific Ocean
Horseshoe Bay waterBody Pacific Ocean
Picacho del Diablo drainageBasin Pacific Ocean
Banda Arc ocean Pacific Ocean
White Rock locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Oregon Coast Range forests borderedBy Pacific Ocean
El Yunque locatedIn Pacific Ocean
El Yunque hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Aleutians West Census Area bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Chirikof Point (islet) locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Chirikof Point (islet) ocean Pacific Ocean