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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Queen Charlotte Sound connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Causeway Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Johnstone Strait bodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Ophir, Oregon locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ophir, Oregon hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Santa Cruz Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Orange Coast region hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Keehi Lagoon locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Bucholz Army Airfield locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Steve Cochran placeOfDeath Pacific Ocean
Onekotan locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Carpinteria locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Pitt Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Oxnard Airport nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Hana, Hawaii locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Ke‘anae locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Ke‘anae hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Ke‘anae hasNearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Dixon Entrance locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Dixon Entrance partOf Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
San Antonio Province borders Pacific Ocean
Oxnard Plain borders Pacific Ocean
Masset locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Toledo, Oregon hasNearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Warrenton, Oregon hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean
San Cristóbal Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Floreana Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Marchena Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Hoh River mouth Pacific Ocean
Hoh River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Ogasawara Subprefecture locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Hāna locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Province of Copiapó hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Shingu locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Southern Kurils locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Iōtō locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Española Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Rabida Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Rábida Island
Koki Beach isOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Equatorial Undercurrent strongestIn Pacific Ocean
Ucluelet locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Lawndale, California near Pacific Ocean
LEGOLAND California Resort near Pacific Ocean
Carlsbad Flower Fields overlooks Pacific Ocean