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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Thomas Gilbert locatedIn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Gilbert Islands
Laniakea Beach ocean Pacific Ocean
Bering Sea crab fleet operatesIn Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean
Kamaole Beach Park I overlooks Pacific Ocean
Point Mugu State Park locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Point Mugu State Park hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Alexandra Headland hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
Sugar Beach hasWaterBody Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Sugar Beach (Kihei, Maui)
Wailea Beach Path hasView Pacific Ocean
San Onofre locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Aur Island hasOcean Pacific Ocean
Aur Island hasNearbyWaterBody Pacific Ocean
Pico Boulevard terminusWest Pacific Ocean
MARPAC theatreOfOperations Pacific Ocean
MARPAC operatesIn Pacific Ocean
Universalis Cosmographia depicts Pacific Ocean
1507 world map depicts Pacific Ocean
Losap Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Losap Atoll ocean Pacific Ocean
Big Beach borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Little Beach faces Pacific Ocean
Satya Nandan regionOfActivity Pacific Ocean
Kamaole Beach Park II faces Pacific Ocean
Keawakapu Beach locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
Wailea locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Grand Wailea Resort near Pacific Ocean
Grand Wailea Resort overlooks Pacific Ocean
Cotton Tree Park hasView Pacific Ocean
BeppoSAX locationOfReentry Pacific Ocean
Jīlóng Shì faces Pacific Ocean
Hornos Island surroundedBy Pacific Ocean
Miyakojima City locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Southern Queensland hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
El Quisco locatedOn Pacific Ocean
El Tabo locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Algarrobo locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Santo Domingo hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Port of San Antonio locatedOn Pacific Ocean
San Antonio (Chile) locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Scorpion Anchorage bodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Balaenoptera acutorostrata geographicDistribution Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific Ocean