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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Rosarito Beach Hotel hasView Pacific Ocean
Genovesa Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Pinzón Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Pearl and Hermes Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Oceanside Municipal Airport near Pacific Ocean
Aliso Viejo, California near Pacific Ocean
Huahine locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Silver Strand Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Silver Strand Beach hasView Pacific Ocean
Silver Strand Beach waterBody Pacific Ocean
Saanich hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Northwestern Pacific Ocean partOf Pacific Ocean
R/V Conrad operatedIn Pacific Ocean
Russian River mouthLocatedIn Pacific Ocean
Manila–Los Angeles oceanCrossed Pacific Ocean
Manila–Tokyo crossesSeaOrOcean Pacific Ocean
Langara Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Langara Island hasNearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
South Carlsbad State Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Port of Topolobampo locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Wairau Valley influencedBy Pacific Ocean
Guy Fleming Trail hasView Pacific Ocean
Guy Fleming Trail near Pacific Ocean
Beach Trail offersViewOf Pacific Ocean
Broken Hill Trail hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Colombian Navy operatesIn Pacific Ocean
Republic of New Granada borderedBy Pacific Ocean
flag of Tuvalu symbolizes Pacific Ocean
flag of Tuvalu oceanContext Pacific Ocean
Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organization regionServed Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
APRALO regionServed Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Winchuck River mouth Pacific Ocean
Winchuck River dischargesTo Pacific Ocean
Winchuck River locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Baltra Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Manila–San Francisco oceanCrossed Pacific Ocean
Seal Beach, California locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Habomai Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Taha'a locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Coclé Province hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Nan Madol locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Isthmus of Tehuantepec separates Pacific Ocean
R/V Maurice Ewing operatedIn Pacific Ocean
Razor Point Trail hasView Pacific Ocean