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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Ngiwal State locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Ngchesar State locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ngchesar State hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Aimeliik State hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Eames House overlooks Pacific Ocean
Burnett River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Lease Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Space Launch Complex 8 locatedOnCoast Pacific Ocean
Playa Bacocho hasView Pacific Ocean
Playa Bacocho ocean Pacific Ocean
Alvaro de Saavedra placeOfActivity Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Álvaro de Saavedra
Cabrillo Bike Path hasView Pacific Ocean
Resident Commissioners location Pacific Ocean
Ngatpang State locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
State Route 35 passesNear Pacific Ocean
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1) splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Commercial Resupply Services 1
COTS Demo Flight 1 landingSite Pacific Ocean
Camarillo locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Alejandro Selkirk Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Park Beach ocean Pacific Ocean
Kushiro locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Territorial changes of World War II hasRegion Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Commonwealth Gender Equality Policy geographicalScope Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Banzai Pipeline ocean Pacific Ocean
Kuliʻouʻou Ridge Trail hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
COTS Demo Flight 2 splashdownLocation Pacific Ocean
Ngaraard State locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ngaraard State hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Komandorski Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Mount Ngerchelchuus locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Cabrillo Boulevard hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
John D. Sloat theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
Alexander (ship) operatedIn Pacific Ocean
Scarborough (ship) serviceArea Pacific Ocean
Windward Oʻahu hasOcean Pacific Ocean
Windward Oʻahu faces Pacific Ocean
Kāneʻohe Bay partOf Pacific Ocean
Harding Icefield drainsTo Pacific Ocean
Laie, Oahu, Hawaii coast Pacific Ocean
Jetty Beach locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Kuskokwim Bay ocean Pacific Ocean
Kuskokwim Bay connectedTo Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean