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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Tuvalu regionalSea Pacific Ocean
Amur River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean basin
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug coastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Aunuʻu locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Point Sur Lighthouse bodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira explored Pacific Ocean
Vladivostok locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Sea of Okhotsk partOf Pacific Ocean
Sea of Okhotsk connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Lincoln County, Oregon borders Pacific Ocean
Lincoln County, Oregon hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Oregon Coast locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Marin County borders Pacific Ocean
Santa Barbara Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Biobío Region bordersToTheWest Pacific Ocean
Taʻū ocean Pacific Ocean
Japanese 3rd Division theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Russian Navy operatesIn Pacific Ocean
Mid North Coast hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Clatsop County, Oregon borders Pacific Ocean
Larcomar overlooks Pacific Ocean
Larcomar hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Honolulu County borderedByBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
World Ocean hasPart Pacific Ocean
Oahu South Shore borders Pacific Ocean
Rota locatedIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Los Lagos Region borders Pacific Ocean
Coast Mountains borders Pacific Ocean
Coast Mountains drainageTo Pacific Ocean
Aleutian Islands separates Pacific Ocean
Monte San Valentín drainageBasin Pacific Ocean
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument (Hearst Castle) overlooks Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
Aysén Region hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
Galápagos Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Lake Macquarie connectedTo Pacific Ocean
Rímac River mouth Pacific Ocean
Rímac River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Rímac River terminatesAt Pacific Ocean
Celebes Sea isPartOf Pacific Ocean