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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Rongrik (islet) locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Rongrik
Rongrik (islet) hasSurroundingWaterBody Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Rongrik
Ujae (islet on Utrik Atoll) locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Ujae
Ujae (islet on Utrik Atoll) surroundedBy Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Ujae
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean waters
Utrik (islet) locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Yalangalap (islet) locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Yalangalap
Yalangalap (islet) locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Yalangalap
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Upolu, Samoa surroundedBy Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Upolu
Mount Vaea hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Kapalua hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Nobbys locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Nobby’s Head locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Nobby’s Head hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Likiep locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ventura River watershed emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
31st parallel north crossesOcean Pacific Ocean
Santa Barbara coastal plain borders Pacific Ocean
Painted Cave Road hasScenicViewOf Pacific Ocean
Camino Cielo Road hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Levuka locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Ocean Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Odawara locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Ratak (Sunrise) island chain hasOcean Pacific Ocean
Shimoji-shima hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Jambelí Channel connects Pacific Ocean
Jambelí Channel outflowsTo Pacific Ocean
Jambelí Channel locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
San Jose locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: San Jose (Tinian)
San Jose locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: San Jose (Tinian)
Oregon Coast Highway followsCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Balangkayan hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Giporlos hasBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Hernani hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Llorente coast Pacific Ocean
Llorente hasAccessTo Pacific Ocean
Maydolong hasMajorBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Quinapondan hasBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
San Julian hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Sulat faces Pacific Ocean
Guiuan locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Dolores hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Dolores, Eastern Samar
Oras hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Nobbys Beach ocean Pacific Ocean
Nobbys Beach hasScenicView Pacific Ocean
Clipperton Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Tanabe locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Virilla River drainageBasin Pacific Ocean