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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Kruzof Island hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Wotho locatedIn Pacific Ocean
UJE locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Ujae village locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Exercise Malabar hasRegion Pacific Ocean
Pedernales Canton border Pacific Ocean
Pedernales Canton hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Balangiga locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Chelyuskin expedition destination Pacific Ocean
Lagonoy Gulf ocean Pacific Ocean
Five Deeps Expedition explores Pacific Ocean
Colony of Queensland borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Budgewoi isNear Pacific Ocean
Little Beach hasView Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Little Beach (New South Wales)
Bullimah Spur hasView Pacific Ocean
Ujae locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Rennell Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Chitose navalTheater Pacific Ocean
Easter Island mission locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Lihir Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Gold Coast region borders Pacific Ocean
Vogelkop Peninsula hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Buota locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Cronulla coast Pacific Ocean
Cassin’s Auklet geographicDistribution Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Nishihara, Okinawa locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Honolua Bay locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Honolua Bay hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Nootka Sound locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Nootka Sound connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Lautoka sugar mill nearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Q1 hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Makin locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Kuria locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Kuria hasSurroundingWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Katsuren locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Burleigh Heads locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Eastern Division, Fiji locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Dravuni ocean Pacific Ocean
Solodamu locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Vabea locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Galoa locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Lomanikoro locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Khvostof Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean