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The deepest point in the ocean is the Mariana Trench which is located in the Pacific ocean

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California, Washington, and Oregon are all literally on the West coast . All have Shoreline. The West begins where the Great Plains meet the Rocky mountains. What states are considered Western would have a different answer: -California, Washington and Oregon, plus Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana. Also Alaska and Hawaii are sometimes considered Western states.

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Because it's known as 'The Pacific ring of fire' simply because volcanoes have erupted around every area included in the ring. This is where the two tectonic plates collide which forces the ground above, up. You wouldn't want to live around a bundle of volcanoes now would you?

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yes there are

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one month after the protest

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Fiji is the cross road of the Pacific. It is the main habour for both ships and planes coming from the west to the east of the Pacific.

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There are several. In the contiguous U.S., there is Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Everett in Puget Sound.

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The Pacific Ocean is about 8500 miles in length, north-to-south, from the Arctic Ocean at the Bering Strait to the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

(This does not include the Bering Sea.)

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Covering an area of 5,427,000 square miles (14,056,000 km2), and with a maximum depth of 17,900 feet, the Arctic Ocean is the world's smallest ocean.



The smallest ocean in the world is the Arctic Ocean. It has an area of approximately 5.4 million square miles.

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Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan gave the Pacific Ocean its current name in 1521; he dubbed the ocean Tepre Pacificum, Latin for "peaceful sea".

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Monmouth and Essex counties are of eastern NJ and only border the Atlantic Ocean. The Delaware River borders western NJ separating NJ from Pennsylvania.

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it means peace

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Actually, there are three continents that do not touch the Pacific Ocean, if you accept that the Southern Ocean is a separate Ocean. The continents are Antarctica, Europe and Africa. Otherwise it is Europe and Africa.

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Vasco Nunez de Balboa and his expedition discovered the Pacific Ocean (at that time named the South Sea because it was on the south shore of Panama) on September 25, 1513.

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The ocean covers 71% of Earth and accounts for 97% of the water.

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There are five states in the United States that border the Pacific Ocean. However, there are only three continental states that 'touch it'. The continental states are Washington, Oregon, and California. The other two are Alaska and Hawaii.

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Mariana Trench

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* Australia * Brunei * Cambodia * People's Republic of China * Hong Kong * Macau * Fiji * Indonesia * Japan * Kiribati * North Korea * South Korea * Laos * Malaysia * Marshall Islands * Federated States of Micronesia * Nauru * New Zealand * Palau * Papua New Guinea * Philippines * Samoa * Singapore * Solomon Islands * Thailand * Timor-Leste * Tonga * Republic of China (Taiwan) * Tuvalu * Vanuatu * Vietnam * United States Territories - * American Samoa * Guam * Northern Mariana Islands * Sometimes included - * India (member of the East Asia Summit) * Mongolia (landlocked country in East Asia) * Myanmar (Burma) (member of the ASEAN) * Russia (the Russian Far East borders the Pacific Ocean)

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The Spanish explorer (of Portuguese origin but sailed with Spanish flag) named Ferdinand Magellan crossed the strait of Magellan (comes from his name) between Antarctica and South America, and discover the new ocean. At the time of crossing he thought that it appeared very calm and peaceful, thus he christened it Pacific, based on the Latin word "Pacific" meaning calm. and it eats Alabama.

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convergence of the Pacific andPhilippine Plates.

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