Pacific Ocean

Broader Places
World (347682)

Place Type  ocean
Alternative Terms
Pacífico, Océano; Pacifique, Océan; Pazifischer Ozean; Pacifico, l'Oceano; Mar del Sur, El; South Sea

Latitude  -0.500
Longitude  -91.000

Body of water extending from Arctic to Antarctic regions, W of the Americas & E of Asia & Australasia. It covers 70,000,000 square miles and is deepest at Mariana Trench (36,198 feet). Reference is often made to the sections of the ocean on either side of the equator, the North Pacific and South Pacific.

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