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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Kamaole Beach Park III borderedBy Pacific Ocean
Maalaea locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Namoluk Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Namoluk Atoll ocean Pacific Ocean
Cleveland Peninsula hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Francisco de Eliza seaOfActivity Pacific Ocean
Deceit Island locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Deceit Island locatedEastOf Pacific Ocean
Thienhoven voyageRegion Pacific Ocean
Sechura Desert locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
research vessel Petrel operatingArea Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: RV Petrel
RIMPAC naval exercise region Pacific Ocean
Caretta caretta distribution Pacific Ocean
Bandurria locatedNear Pacific Ocean
Chillón River valley mouthLocatedAt Pacific Ocean
Las Bóvedas overlooks Pacific Ocean
Miura hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
USS Baltimore serviceTheater Pacific Ocean
Wakabayashi-ku hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Nazca drainage drainsInto Pacific Ocean
Miraflores district borderedBy Pacific Ocean
South Molle Island ocean Pacific Ocean
Bikajle Islet locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Bikajle Islet ocean Pacific Ocean
Burleigh Head National Park overlooks Pacific Ocean
Atuona Bay locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Gatokae hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Usal Beach borders Pacific Ocean
US hasCoastOn Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: United States
US borderBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: United States
US borderingOcean Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: United States
US borderWith Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: United States
Vladivostok naval base locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Lurín River valley emptiesInto Pacific Ocean
Ruifang District hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Short Point overlooks Pacific Ocean
El Caney theatre Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Spanish–American War
Signal Hill, California hasViewOf Pacific Ocean
San Pedro de Lloc nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Miami Beach (Gold Coast) locatedOn Pacific Ocean
Pingelap Atoll locatedIn Pacific Ocean
Pingelap Atoll ocean Pacific Ocean
Northern Gilbert Islands ocean Pacific Ocean
Northern Gilbert Islands sea Pacific Ocean
Butaritari District locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean