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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Carlsbad Village near Pacific Ocean
Batiquitos Lagoon locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Agua Hedionda Lagoon waterBody Pacific Ocean
Agua Hedionda Lagoon connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Guam Doctrine appliesToRegion Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Zapallar locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Silver Strand borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Silver Strand separates Pacific Ocean
Silver Strand hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Fairview Container Terminal locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Skeena River estuary locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Asuncion Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Mamberamo River mouth Pacific Ocean
Mamberamo River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Atascadero hasNearbyCoast Pacific Ocean
Grover Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Grover Beach hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Río Elota mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
Loa River mouth Pacific Ocean
Loa River terminatesIn Pacific Ocean
GOES West providesCoverageFor Pacific Ocean
Kushimoto locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Dana Point, California locatedOn Pacific Ocean
La Jolla locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Simushir locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Rangatira Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Cayucos locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Cayucos hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Islas Marietas locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Cabo San Lucas borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Camarillo, California, United States hasNearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Camarillo, California
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States viewOf Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Hollywood Hills
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (from some vantage points)
Point Venus, Tahiti locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Charles Green placeOfActivity Pacific Ocean
R/V Vema researchArea Pacific Ocean
Nye Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Laysan Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Alaska Stream locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Gadiformes distribution Pacific Ocean
Lake Merced locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Eli Creek flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Umpqua River mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
Hawaii Route 36 locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Port of Mejillones locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Port of Mejillones waterBody Pacific Ocean
Bagley class primaryOperationalArea Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Bagley-class destroyer
Rosarito Beach Hotel locatedOn Pacific Ocean