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Place namePacific Ocean
Other namesPacífico, Océano, Pacifique, Océan, Pazifischer Ozean, Pacifico, l'Oceano, Mar del Sur, El, South Sea
Latitude-0.5
Longitude-91
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
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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