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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The Cat's Meow narrativeLocation Pacific Ocean
Santa Elena Province borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Santa Elena Province locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Santa Elena Province hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Clutha District bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Washington Territory borderedBy Pacific Ocean
MCIPAC regionServed Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Cape Byron Lighthouse overlooks Pacific Ocean
Main Beach borderedBy Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Main Beach (Byron Bay)
The Pass isOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Pippi Beach hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Pippi Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Convent Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Yamba Marina locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Angourie locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ballina coast Pacific Ocean
Yuraygir coastal walk offersViewOf Pacific Ocean
Province of Valparaíso borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Province of Valparaíso hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Tahara, Aichi, Japan locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Sta. Rita Hills AVA influencedBy Pacific Ocean
Bahía de Todos Santos locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Port of Ensenada locatedOn Pacific Ocean
CICESE conductsResearchIn Pacific Ocean
La Bufadora blowhole ocean Pacific Ocean
La Bufadora blowhole hasView Pacific Ocean
Bay City, Oregon locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Choiseul Province borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Choiseul Province hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Playa Zicatela borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Zipolite locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Mexican Pipeline ocean Pacific Ocean
Signal Hill locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Rolling Hills Estates locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Dominguez Channel flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Coolangatta coastalFeature Pacific Ocean
Wategos Beach locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Yamba Lighthouse locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Yamba Lighthouse overlooks Pacific Ocean
Ōiso, Kanagawa locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Salas y Gómez Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Apollo 6 landingSite Pacific Ocean
Tomakomai locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Balsas River mouth Pacific Ocean
Balsas River dischargesInto Pacific Ocean
Laizhou Bay ocean Pacific Ocean