eastern Pacific Ocean

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ocean region

The eastern Pacific Ocean is the portion of the Pacific basin off the west coasts of the Americas, characterized by active tectonic boundaries, including several oceanic plates and mid-ocean ridges.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Eastern Pacific Ocean	5
northeastern Pacific Ocean	4
Eastern Pacific	1
Southeast Pacific	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ocean region ⓘ
adjacentTo	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes Mountains Cascade Range ⓘ Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ surface form: Central American volcanic arc Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
borders	Canada west coast ⓘ Central America west coast ⓘ Chile coast ⓘ Mexico west coast ⓘ Peru coast ⓘ United States west coast ⓘ
boundedBy	Cocos Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Rivera Plate ⓘ
characterizedBy	active tectonic boundaries ⓘ active volcanism ⓘ frequent earthquakes ⓘ high seismic activity ⓘ mid-ocean ridges ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ transform faults ⓘ
contains	Chile Rise ⓘ Clipperton Island ⓘ surface form: Clipperton Island region East Pacific Rise ⓘ Galápagos Islands ⓘ surface form: Galápagos Islands region Galápagos Spreading Center ⓘ Pacific-Antarctic Ridge ⓘ surface form: Pacific–Antarctic Ridge
hasMajorCurrent	California Current ⓘ Humboldt Current ⓘ Equatorial Countercurrent ⓘ surface form: North Equatorial Countercurrent South Equatorial Current ⓘ
hasPlateBoundaryType	convergent boundary ⓘ divergent boundary ⓘ transform boundary ⓘ
hasSpreadingCenter	Chile Rise ⓘ East Pacific Rise ⓘ Galápagos Spreading Center ⓘ Pacific-Antarctic Ridge ⓘ surface form: Pacific–Antarctic Ridge
hasSubductionZone	Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia subduction zone Middle America Trench ⓘ surface form: Central America Trench Middle America Trench ⓘ Atacama Trench ⓘ surface form: Peru–Chile Trench
influences	El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ climate of the Americas ⓘ
locatedAlong	west coast of North America ⓘ west coast of South America ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Fleet → areaOfOperations → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Third Fleet

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Central Pacific Ocean → borders → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Polynesians → hasRegion → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Santa Barbara Channel → isPartOf → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Cocos Plate → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Cocos Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

East Pacific Rise → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Explorer Plate → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Explorer Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Gorda Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Guatemala Basin → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Gulf of California → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Middle America Trench → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Rivera Plate → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tehuantepec Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

eastern North Pacific Ocean → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific

Joint Interagency Task Force South → operatingArea → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Roca Sur → partOfRegion → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southeast Pacific

Cobb Offset → region → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

United States Third Fleet → theaterOfOperations → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean