- Pacific Ocean - Wikipedia
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east
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Pacific Ocean, body of salt water extending from the 60° S parallel in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east Its area, excluding adjacent seas, encompasses about 62 5 million square miles
- Why is the Pacific Ocean so big? - Live Science
The Pacific, which holds more than half of the free water on Earth, is also our planet's deepest water body, extending to a depth of more than 36,000 feet (11,000 meters) at Challenger Deep in the
- Pacific Ocean - WorldAtlas
The Pacific Ocean has over 25,000 islands and numerous islets and rocks The pacific islands are divided into three groups Micronesia is an island sub-region in the western Pacific made up of four main island groups; the Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, and the Gilbert Islands
- Pacific Ocean - The World Factbook
Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic Figure 1 Profile of the sea floor: Figure 5 Southwest Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia: FAO map of world fishing regions; used with permission
- The Pacific Ocean—facts and information - National Geographic
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth It spans 60 million square miles from California to China, and in certain regions extends tens of thousands of feet below the surface
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The Pacific Ocean, Earth's largest and deepest body of water, is not only a marvel of nature but also a key player in global climate systems, marine biodiversity, and human history
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