Pacific Ocean

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Pacific Ocean

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The largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions, covering 46% of the water surface.

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Origins & Early Life

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It stretches 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.

Career & Major Achievements

At 165,250,000 square kilometers (63,800,000 square miles) in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), the Pacific Ocean is the largest division of the World Ocean and the hydrosphere and covers approximately 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of the planet's total surface area, larger than its entire land area combined (148,940,000 square kilometers or 57,510,000 square miles). The centers of both the water hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere, as well as the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, are in the Pacific Ocean.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

Ocean circulation (caused by the Coriolis effect) subdivides it into two largely independent volumes of water that meet at the Equator, the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean (or more loosely the South Seas).

Historical Fact-Check Quiz: Pacific Ocean

True or False: “True or False: The Pacific Ocean is larger than its entire combined land area.”

Answer (TRUE ⭕): The Pacific Ocean covers approximately 46% of Earth's water surface, which is stated to be larger than its entire combined land area of 148,940,000 square kilometers.

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