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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Linda Mar Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
City of Pacifica locatedOn Pacific Ocean
City of Pacifica hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Pedro Point Headlands overlooks Pacific Ocean
Heʻeia locatedInRegion Pacific Ocean
Puowaina locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Puowaina hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Mili Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Mili Atoll surroundedBy Pacific Ocean
Guayllabamba River flowsToward Pacific Ocean
Kansai, Japan bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Kansai
Rogue River estuary emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Pailoa black sand beach hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Hana town locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Hana, Hawaii
Beilbys Beach locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Surigao City locatedNearBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
British colonial forces operatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Kokovoko ocean Pacific Ocean
Tashtego workSetting Pacific Ocean
final chase of Moby Dick setting Pacific Ocean
Concepción (capital of Biobío Region) locatedNear Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Concepción
SMS Scharnhorst theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
Clayoquot Sound locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Cox Bay ocean Pacific Ocean
USS Albacore theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
the world hasOcean Pacific Ocean
Shelly Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Shelly Beach, Caloundra
Petorca River hasMouth Pacific Ocean
Petorca River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Hermit Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Los Negros Island ocean Pacific Ocean
Kurima-jima locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Maug Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Chincha Province hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Tanegashima locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Currimundi Beach adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Japo locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Southwest Palau borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Inneman Lagoon isConnectedTo Pacific Ocean
Namdrik Airport locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Bahía de Caráquez locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Bahía de Caráquez isPortCityOn Pacific Ocean
Pedernales borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Machalilla National Park hasCoastline Pacific Ocean