eastern Pacific Ocean

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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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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

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

Rivera Triple Junction region oceanBasin eastern Pacific Ocean
Sovanco (regional toponym) locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Sovanco
this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean
Malpelo Island seamounts locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Malpelo Island seamounts marineEcoregion eastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Tropical Eastern Pacific
Nazca booby geographicDistribution eastern Pacific Ocean
Coat of arms of Costa Rica oceansRepresent eastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
JIATF South operatesIn eastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean
JIATF-S regionServed eastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: Eastern Pacific Ocean
Eastern Pacific transit zone locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Euphausia pacifica fisheryRegion eastern Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: North Pacific off North America