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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Edson Range adjacentTo Pacific Ocean
Mortlock Islands locatedIn Pacific Ocean
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Sunshine Coast hinterland hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Sorrows locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Taitao Peninsula borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Guaitecas Archipelago ocean Pacific Ocean
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Mauna Loa summit hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Mauna Loa summit locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Lōʻihi Seamount locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Commune of Talcahuano locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Commune of Talcahuano borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Kaiju War location Pacific Ocean
Pioneer River flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Chepo River mouth Pacific Ocean
Chepo River emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Alexandria Bay bodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Sierra de Juárez region drainageTo Pacific Ocean
Lighthouse Point locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Lighthouse Point overlooks Pacific Ocean
Santa Cruz Wharf bodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
West Cliff Drive hasView Pacific Ocean
Surf City locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Steamer Lane borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Steamer Lane ocean Pacific Ocean
Pleasure Point ocean Pacific Ocean
Moli locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Hole-in-the-Wall locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Wulff Castle hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Leo Carrillo State Park locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Rennellese ocean Pacific Ocean
Tigoa locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
NSTU nearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Faleniu locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
Illawarra region (part) hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Towradgi neighboringSuburbEast Pacific Ocean
Bixby Creek flowsInto Pacific Ocean
Sonsorol Islands borderingBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Bega Valley Shire hasCoastline Pacific Ocean
Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Colima hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Jalisco
Mount Beerburrum viewOf Pacific Ocean