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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Canada hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
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Olosega locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Honduras hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Tasman Sea partOf Pacific Ocean
Melanesia locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Concepción nearCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Barranco locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Panama City locatedOn Pacific Ocean
U.S. Southern Command hasOperationalArea Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (portion)
Fraser Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Hunter River catchment drainsTo Pacific Ocean
Terevaka locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Higashi Shina Kai partOf Pacific Ocean
Curry County, Oregon hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Nicaragua hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Anacapa Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Anacapa Island hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Monterey Bay region adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Costa Rica hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Santa Lucia Range borders Pacific Ocean
Santa Lucia Range runsParallelTo Pacific Ocean
Coos County, Oregon hasAreaWaterBody Pacific Ocean
HI geographicRegion Pacific Ocean
humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa nativeTo Pacific Ocean
Western Hemisphere contains Pacific Ocean
King Range borders Pacific Ocean
O’Higgins Region hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Japanese submarine I-168 theater Pacific Ocean
Hanga Roa locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Flight 4 relatedBody Pacific Ocean
U.S. Pacific territories locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ciudad de los Reyes locatedNearOcean Pacific Ocean
Americas borderedByOcean Pacific Ocean
Maule Region hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Maule Region borderedBy Pacific Ocean
San Miguel Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Tuvalu locatedIn Pacific Ocean