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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All Is Lost filmingLocation Pacific Ocean
Tathra hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Chonos Archipelago locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Chonos Archipelago borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Main Beach locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Main Beach (Santa Cruz)
Bougainville Strait connects Pacific Ocean
Bougainville Strait oceanBasin Pacific Ocean
Japanese cruiser Mikuma theaterOfWar Pacific Ocean
Mount Tibrogargan viewOf Pacific Ocean
Korean Peninsula waters partOf Pacific Ocean
Richmond hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Division of Richmond
USS S-44 theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
United States Navy submarine theater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: USS S-44
Shiretoko Peninsula locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Pearl Beach locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Horikiri Pass overlooks Pacific Ocean
Horikiri Pass locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Marin Peninsula borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Marin Peninsula separates Pacific Ocean
Nankai segment ocean Pacific Ocean
Kyushu coastal areas borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Pacific/Niue region Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Pacific/Niue areaComponent Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific
Yilan County bordersBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Jiufen overlooks Pacific Ocean
Bitou Cape locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Bitou Cape hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Jilong locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Chilung locatedOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Keelung
Zhongzheng Park hasView Pacific Ocean
Ershawan Fort hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Kanan Dume Canyon hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Fulong Beach locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Putty Beach hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Takao class theaterOfOperations Pacific Ocean
Seabright Beach waterBody Pacific Ocean
Malpelo Island seamounts ocean Pacific Ocean
Bungo Channel connectsTo Pacific Ocean
Seto Naikai partOf Pacific Ocean
Eniwetok atoll region locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Eniwetok Atoll
Malpelo Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Craig hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Craig, Alaska
Hydaburg locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Baldwin Beach Park borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Spreckelsville hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Kuau coast Pacific Ocean
Kuau adjacentBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean