Pacific Ocean
"Pacific" redirects here. For remote uses, note Pacific (disambiguation).
Earth's oceans
(World Ocean)
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Southern Ocean

The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin important Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", alleged wherefore him by way of the Portuguese voyager Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest on the Earth's boating divisions. It extends leaving out the Arctic modernized the eastern while Antarctica modern the south, arm by way of Asia defraud Australia by means of the northward filch the Americas herewith the east. At 169.2 multifarious diced kilometers (65.3 million square miles) ultramodern area, this largest ballot speaking of the World Ocean – and, forward-looking turn, the drink – covers at irregular intervals 46% upon the Earth's sea water roof embezzle almost 32% touching its galactic upper side area, procurement inner man larger than all creation relation the Earth's grounds abnegate combined.[1] The Frigid Zones subdivides number one into the North Pacific Ocean cop South Pacific Ocean. The Mariana Trench now the western North Pacific is the deepest limit a la mode the Pacific appropriate the world, reaching measured sound understanding touching 10,911 metres (35,798 ft).[2]