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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Sargassum fish (Histrio histrio) distribution Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Histrio histrio
Tanga Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Chignik, Alaska locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Eastern Indo-Pacific locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Pacific Fleet theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: United States Pacific Fleet
15 WG regionOfResponsibility Pacific Ocean
Muroran Peninsula hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
New Brighton beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Crow Island locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Vitskari Rocks partOf Pacific Ocean
Sitka harbor locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Kapalua Resort locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Napili hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Coastal Queensland locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Fagasa Bay partOf Pacific Ocean
Koʻolaupoko District hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Harbor Area adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Harbor Area hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Kumano locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Kumano hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Bone Gulf ocean Pacific Ocean
USS Bluegill theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
False Pass, Alaska locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Battle of the Kerama Islands theater Pacific Ocean
Yaquina River estuary emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Port Alexander locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Chatham Strait ocean Pacific Ocean
Salisbury Sound locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Silver Bay isInOceanRegion Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Long Island surroundedBy Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Long Island (Sitka Sound)
Northern British Columbia borders Pacific Ocean
Pacifica Pier locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Pacifica Pier hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Chesterman Beach faces Pacific Ocean
Sand Point, Alaska locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Hotel Casa del Mar overlooks Pacific Ocean
Hotel Casa del Mar nearBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Shutters on the Beach overlooks Pacific Ocean
California Incline offersViewOf Pacific Ocean
Southwest Japan Arc boundedBy Pacific Ocean
Cerro Blanco (Nepeña Valley) near Pacific Ocean
Woja locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Airok locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Airok hasOcean Pacific Ocean