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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Costa Chica region borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Airpoints regionFocus Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Sea Acres National Park locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Shelly Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Shelly Beach (Port Macquarie)
Port Macquarie Coastal Walk hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Main Beach Forster hasView Pacific Ocean
State of Nayarit locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
State of Nayarit hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Mata-Utu hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Futuna Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Alofi locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Alofi ocean Pacific Ocean
Coffs Harbour Jetty locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Coffs Harbour Jetty hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Cocos Basin isInOcean Pacific Ocean
Port of Guayaquil connectsTo Pacific Ocean
CSM-103 recoveryLocation Pacific Ocean
Tillamook, Oregon locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Manzanita, Oregon locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Mokilese people seaArea Pacific Ocean
HMS Chatham navalTheatre Pacific Ocean
Tōmei Expressway followsCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Tōkyō-wan locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Tōkyō-wan opensInto Pacific Ocean
San Francisco, California, United States of America locatedByBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: San Francisco
SEMAR fieldOfOperation Pacific Ocean
Mexican Navy operatesIn Pacific Ocean
Mexican naval aviation operatesIn Pacific Ocean
West Philippine Basin ocean Pacific Ocean
Yankee Clipper landingSite Pacific Ocean
One Mile Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Forster Harbour connectsTo Pacific Ocean
Malibu Creek flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Municipality of Tijuana locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Kili Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Lunga Ridge locatedIn Pacific Ocean
La Jolla Ecological Reserve locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Cordillera de la Costa runsParallelTo Pacific Ocean
Cordillera de la Costa separates Pacific Ocean
Costa Esmeralda de Oaxaca locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Pilot Point hasAccessTo Pacific Ocean
Tatoosh Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Tatoosh Island nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Neskowin, Oregon locatedOn Pacific Ocean