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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
eastern Pacific Ocean canonical	32
Eastern Pacific Ocean	9
northeastern Pacific Ocean	7
Eastern Pacific	3
Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean	1
North Pacific off North America	1
Pacific Ocean (along parts of the route)	1
Pacific Ocean (inland from coast)	1
Pacific Ocean (via Humboldt Bay)	1
Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea	1
Southeast Pacific	1
Tropical Eastern Pacific	1
tropical eastern Pacific Ocean	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 (60)

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

Cocos Plate → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Explorer Plate → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

East Pacific Rise → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Rivera Plate → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Third Fleet → areaOfOperations → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Third Fleet

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Gulf of California → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Polynesians → hasRegion → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Cocos Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tehuantepec Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Guatemala Basin → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Middle America Trench → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Roca Sur → partOfRegion → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southeast Pacific

eastern North Pacific Ocean → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific

Santa Barbara Channel → isPartOf → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Central Pacific Ocean → borders → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Explorer Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Cobb Offset → region → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Gorda Ridge → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

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

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

United States Third Fleet → theaterOfOperations → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

northern elephant seal → nativeTo → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mendocino Triple Junction → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Panama Current → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Panama Current → flowsThrough → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: tropical eastern Pacific Ocean

Spanish term meaning “the Christ Child” → affects → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: El Niño

Galápagos Spreading Center → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Rivera Transform Fault Zone → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Rivera Transform Fault Zone → region → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Central Pacific → borders → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific

Riviera Fracture Zone → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

King Salmon, California → adjacentTo → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (via Humboldt Bay)

San Marcos → locatedNear → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: San Marcos, California

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (inland from coast)

Hawaii Route 19 → adjacentTo → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean (along parts of the route)

Pacific Ocean region → hasPart → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific

medium tree finch → nativeRange → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

GOES West → primaryRegionMonitored → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Muraenesocidae → foundIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

C3F → areaOfResponsibility → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Dungeness crab → nativeTo → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Atherinopsidae → distribution → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Galápagos Rise → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Cocos Plate large igneous province → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Cocos Basin → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Galápagos hotspot → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Galápagos plume track → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

East Pacific tectonic system → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Cocos–North America plate boundary → region → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor → locatedIn → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean

Pearl Islands → oceanRegion → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean

Isla San Pedro Mártir → locatedInBodyOfWater → eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ