The largest and deepest of Earth's oceans, stretching from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean, and bounded by Asia and Australia to the west and the Americas to the east. It covers more area than all of Earth's land combined and holds the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in any ocean.
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Area (sq km) Maximum Depth (m)Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in any ocean. The Pacific Ocean
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This source names Australia directly: "Ocean, and bounded by Asia and Australia to the west and the Americas to the east."
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This source names both oceans directly: Australia lies between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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The Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the Pacific Ocean.
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This source names The Arctic directly: "of Earth's oceans, stretching from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean, and bounded by Asia and Australia to the west and the Americas to the east."
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ENSO arises from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific.
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Source Chondrocladia lyra (Wikipedia)Distribution: Pacific OceanQuote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Chondrocladia lyra has been found in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off the coast of northern California, at the Escanaba Ridge and the Monterey Canyon.
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Source Amphioctopus marginatus (Wikipedia)Distribution: Pacific OceanQuote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus and veined octopus, is a medium-sized cephalopod found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
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Source Wikipedia: Fire coralDistribution: Pacific Oceantier 2Quote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Fire corals are found on reefs in tropical and subtropical waters, such as the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: HydrozoaGeographic Range: "Hydrozoans are found in all the oceans, at all l"Quote, Geographic Range: "Hydrozoans are found in all the oceans, at all l"
Hydrozoans are found in all the oceans, at all latitudes.
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Source Amphiprion pacificus (Wikipedia)Distribution: Pacific OceanQuote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Amphiprion pacificus, is a species of anemonefish found in the western Pacific Ocean.
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Source Palola viridis (Wikipedia)Distribution: Pacific OceanQuote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
The palolo worm is found in tropical regions around various islands of the Pacific Ocean, including Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and some islands of the Philippines.
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Source Paracanthostracion (Wikipedia)Distribution: Pacific OceanQuote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
The only species in the genus is Paracanthostracion lindsayi, Lindsay's boxfish, which is found in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Source Psednos micruroides (Wikipedia)Distribution: Pacific OceanQuote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Psednos micruroides, the multipore dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the south-western Pacific Ocean.
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Source Wikipedia: Venus' flower basketDistribution: Pacific OceanQuote, Distribution: Pacific Ocean
Venus' flower baskets are found in the western Pacific Ocean nearby the Philippine Islands.
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1. Pacific Ocean (Wikidata)
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P31 ocean, matched by enwiki sitelink title Pacific Ocean
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3. Pacific Ocean (Wikipedia)
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On Continent: South America, Lead section, quadrant subdivision paragraph
the Southeast Pacific off South America
On Continent: Australia, Lead section, continents bounding the ocean
is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east
On Continent: Australia, Lead section, separates passage
The Pacific separates Asia and Australia from the Americas.
On Continent: South America, Lead section, quadrant description
the Southeast Pacific off South America
Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Geology
Due to the effects of plate tectonics, the Pacific Ocean is currently shrinking by roughly 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) per year on three sides
View the Source El Nino-Southern Oscillation (Wikipedia)
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El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular pattern but do have some appearance of cycles.
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Asia (Wikipedia)
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It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.
View the Source North America (Wikipedia)
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It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean.
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South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by the Drake Passage.
View the Source Mariana Trench (Wikipedia)
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located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometers (124 mi) east of the Mariana Islands
View the Source Geography of Australia (Wikipedia)
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Located in the Southern Hemisphere between the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia's jurisdiction spreads across thousands of kilometres beyond the main landmass
View the Source Ocean Current (Wikipedia)
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Ocean currents can also impact the fishing industry, examples of this include the Tsugaru, Oyashio and Kuroshio currents all of which influence the western North Pacific temperature
View the Source Fiji (Wikipedia)
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Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an archipelagic country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.
View the Source Polynesia (Wikipedia)
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made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean
View the Source Siberia (Wikipedia)
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from the Ural Mountains in the west (with the Ural River usually forming the southernmost portion of its western boundary) to the Pacific Ocean in the east
View the Source Gulf of Alaska (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Gulf of Alaska, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Gulf of Alaska, Lead section
The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: Yéil T'ooch') is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from Kabuch Point in the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Cape Spencer in the east, where Glacier Bay is found and start the Inside Passage (Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia).
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