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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Sockeye salmon nativeTo Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Cabrillo Highway followsCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Departure Bay waterBody Pacific Ocean
Seawall borders Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Seawall (Stanley Park)
PDO locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Pacific entrance channel connects Pacific Ocean
Pacific entrance channel oceanSide Pacific Ocean
Oxnard State Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Oxnard State Beach hasView Pacific Ocean
Hollywood Beach bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Chikyu scientific drilling vessel locationOfOperations Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Chikyu
Weber Deep ocean Pacific Ocean
Pacific locks section adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Pacific locks section connects Pacific Ocean
Fort Amador nearbyFeature Pacific Ocean
Sorol Trough locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
West Caroline Basin partOf Pacific Ocean
Necker Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ago Bay partOf Pacific Ocean
Courtenay locatedNear Pacific Ocean
East Caroline Basin partOf Pacific Ocean
flag of Samoa oceanLocationSymbolized Pacific Ocean
Chatham Sound locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Republic of Hawaii locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Kingston locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Norfolk Islander locatedIn Pacific Ocean
HNL regionServed Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
War of the Pacific location Pacific Ocean
Battle of Iquique location Pacific Ocean
Corvette Esmeralda theaterOfWar Pacific Ocean
XPF region Pacific Ocean
Tahiti Time belongsToTimeZoneRegion Pacific Ocean
Bashi Channel connectsBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Sakhalin Oblast bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Langlois, Oregon locatedNear Pacific Ocean
La Push, Washington locatedOn Pacific Ocean
New Guinea Trench locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ventura Pier extendsInto Pacific Ocean
Ventura Pier hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Leizhou Peninsula ocean Pacific Ocean
Queen Charlotte Sound locatedIn Pacific Ocean