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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Point Loma peninsula borders Pacific Ocean
Point Loma peninsula separates Pacific Ocean
Point Loma peninsula hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Zuihō navalTheater Pacific Ocean
Toba locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ewoldsen Trail hasView Pacific Ocean
C3F theater Pacific Ocean
COMSUBPAC theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
Bellinger River mouthLocation Pacific Ocean
Bellinger River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Laguna Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ebeye port locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Shizuoka locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan locatedNear Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Toyohashi
Amami Ōshima locatedIn Pacific Ocean
New Caledonia Basin partOf Pacific Ocean
Campbell Plateau borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Kumano-nada Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
Peru–Chile border startsAt Pacific Ocean
Chumphon Archipelago ocean Pacific Ocean
Coronado Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Coronado Beach waterBody Pacific Ocean
Gulf Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Sunshine Coast locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Discovery Passage waterBody Pacific Ocean
Queen Charlotte Triple Junction ocean Pacific Ocean
Meoto Iwa locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
OAN San Pedro Mártir near Pacific Ocean
Cheloniidae foundIn Pacific Ocean
Aichi Prefecture facesBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Amgun River isInDrainageBasinOf Pacific Ocean
Mandated Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Coho salmon nativeTo Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Solana Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Lake Earl connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Strand Beach hasView Pacific Ocean
North Shore of Maui hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Tocopilla locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Tocopilla hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Mejillones locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Mejillones borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Philip Carteret explorationRegion Pacific Ocean
Hermosa Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Pacific herring nativeTo Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
VMF operatedIn Pacific Ocean
PCH passesNear Pacific Ocean