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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest in the world and is bounded by Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east.
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Waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
The shipping route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is the Northwest Passage. It was first navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1903â??1906.
What are five states that touch Pacific Ocean?
It touches more than 5 countries:
What species live in the pacific ocean?
-Salmon
-walrus
-spotted egal rays
-sea birds
-jelly fish
-squid
-Marien worms
-sea urchins
-killer wales
-hammer head shark
-tank
Why was the Pacific Ocean so called?
The name is derived from the Latin name Tepre Pacificum, 'peaceful sea', bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Pacific means peaceful. Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean 'pacific', after passing through the Straits of Magellan and around Cape Horn, because it seemed so calm and peaceful in comparison to the stormy waters he had just sailed through.
What state borders the Arctic Ocean as well as the pacific ocean?
It is Alaska.
The Arctic Ocean is the body of saltwater that surrounds the northern polar ice cap. The only US state to border the Arctic Ocean is Alaska.
Is the Peru Current a cold or warm current?
since the Peru current is near the south pole I would say it is a cold current but if you have a different opinion and search the internets you will never find the rights answer and if this question popped into the head of your brain your either a smartly pants or for a last minute worksheet
How much bigger is the pacific ocean than the Arctic Ocean?
The Arctic Ocean would fit into the Pacific Ocean about 12 times.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world at 179.7 million square kilometres (69.4 million sq mi).
The Arctic Ocean is the fifth largest (and smallest) ocean in the world at 14,056,000 sq km (5,427,000 sq mi).
Which island lies on the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean?
== == Fiji is on the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean.
Oregon borders California, Nevada and the Pacific Ocean. Salem is the capital city in the U.S. state of Oregon.
How deep is the deepest part of the the Pacific Ocean?
Its average depth is 4,637 meters (2.8 miles). It is home to the deepest known point in the ocean - the Mariana Trench off Guam - which plunges to a depth of about 10,924 meters (nearly 7 miles). Because of the depth of the Pacific Ocean, tsunamis (huge waves created by earthquakes) can reach speeds of 750 kilometers an hour, the same velocity as a jet airplane.
Well recently a submarine plunged down and measured and the new depth is 12,999 meters deep.
The deepest point in the ocean is generally believed to be in the Marianas Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean at approximately 36,160 feet (11,021 m), according to the Rand McNally Atlas(1977).
What are the five continents that touch pacific ocean?
There are four: North and South America, Asia, and Australia.
The area around Antarctica is now considered the "Southern Ocean." However, this classically included the southern parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The Pacific Ocean touches all continents except two what are they?
The Pacific Ocean does not touch the continents of Europe, Africa, or Antarctica, so it does not touch three continents. It used to touch Antarctica, but recently the water around Antarctica was made into a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, making it the only ocean to touch Antarctica.
How many continents does the pacific ocean touch?
There are either 4 or 5 that touch the Pacific Ocean: four are on the Pacific Rim, and one (Antarctica) is technically surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
The four others are North and South America, Asia, and Australia.
What continents does the Pacific ocean not pass through?
it passes throught all. NO, it doesn't! It doesn't! It does NOT pass through the Arctic Ocean. (aka: the ocean at the North Pole) Straight scoop from the retired Captain. In traditional nautical lore there are Seven seas or Oceans, The North Atlantic, the South Atlantic, The Indian, The North Pacific, The South Pacific, The Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Technically the Equator only passes through one of them, the Indian Ocean. The Equator forms the boundary for the North and South Pacific and the North and South Atlantic. The question should be "Which is the only ocean the the Equator passes through?"
List of islands in pacific ocean?
The Pacific Islands include the countries and territories of:
American Samoa (United States)
Aunuʻu
Ofu
Olosega
Rose Island
Swains Island (Olosenga, Olohega) (disputed)
Taʻu
Tutuila
Baker Island (United States)
Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia; Palau)
Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei
Yap
Ulithi
Chuuk
Puluwat
Kosrae
Palau
Babeldaob
Ioueldaob
Koror
Southwest Islands
Clipperton Island (France)
Cook Islands
Aitutaki
Atiu
Palmerston
Mangaia
Manihiki (Humphrey)
Manuae (Hervey)
Mauke (Parry)
Mitiaro
Nassau
Pukapuka (Danger)
Rakahanga (Reirson)
Rarotonga
Suwarrow (Anchorage)
Takutea
Tongareva (Penrhyn)
Desventuradas Islands (Chile)
East Timor
Timor
Easter Island/Rapa Nui (Chile)
Fiji Islands
Principal islands:
Viti Levu
Vanua Levu
Significant outliers:
Conway Reef
Kadavu
Taveuni
Rotuma
Archipelagos:
Kadavu Group
Lau Islands
Lomaiviti Islands
Mamanuca Islands
Moala Islands
Ringgold Isles
Rotuma Group
Vanua Levu Group
Viti Levu Group
Yasawa Islands
French Polynesia ("Tahiti", Autonomous Overseas Territory of France)
Austral Islands
Tubuai
Society Islands
Iles du Vent (Windward Islands)
Moorea
Tahiti
Tetiaroa
Maiao
Mehetia
Iles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands)
Bora Bora
Huahine
Maupiti
Raiatea & Tahaa
Tupai
Mopelia (aka Maupihaa)
Manuae (aka Scilly Atoll)
Motu One (aka Bellinghausen)
Marquesas
Fatu Hiva
Hiva Oa
Nuku Hiva
Tahuata
Ua Huka
Ua Pou
Tuamotus
Rangiroa
Fakarava
Moruroa
Fangataufa
Gambier Islands
Mangareva
Helena Island
Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)
Hawaii (United States; see also Hawaiian Islands)
Main islands
Hawaiʻi
Kahoʻolawe
Kauaʻi
Lanaʻi
Maui
Molokaʻi
Niʻihau
Oʻahu
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Kaʻula
Nihoa
Necker
French Frigate Shoals
Gardner Pinnacles
Maro Reef
Laysan
Lisianski
Pearl and Hermes Reef
Midway
Kure
Howland Island (United States)
Indonesia
Johnston Atoll (United States)
Juan Fernández Islands (Chile)
Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
Macauley Island
Raoul Island
Line Islands
Caroline Island
Flint Island (Kiribati)
Jarvis Island (United States)
Kingman Reef (United States)
Kiritimati/Christmas Island (Kiribati)
Malden Island (Kiribati)
Palmyra Atoll (United States)
Starbuck Island (Kiribati)
Tabuaeran/Fanning Island (Kiribati)
Teraina/Washington Island (Kiribati)
Tongareva/Penhryn Island (Cook Islands)
Vostok Island (Kiribati)
Lord Howe Island (Australia)
Marcus Island (Japan)
Marianas Islands (United States)
Guam
Northern Marianas Islands
Saipan
Rota
Tinian
Maug
Pagan Island
Alamagan
Farallon de Pajaros
Marshall Islands
Bikini
Enewetak
Kwajalein
Rongelap
Majuro
Norfolk Island (Australia)
Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands)
Chuuk (Truk)
Puluwat
Pohnpei
Kosrae
Yap
Ulithi
Nauru
New Caledonia ("Kanaky", France)
Chesterfield Islands
Ilots du Mouillage
New Caledonia
Isle of Pines
Belep Islands
New Caledonia
Loyalty Islands
Bagao
Lifou Island
Maré Island
Ouvéa Island
Tiga Island
New Zealand ("Aotearoa", see also Islands of New Zealand)
Chatham Islands
Chatham Island
Pitt Island
D'Urville Island
Great Barrier Island
Kapiti Island
North Island
South Island
Stewart Island/Rakiura
Waiheke Island
Niue (Savage Island)
Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Admiralty Islands
New Britain
New Ireland
Saint Matthias Group
Bougainville
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Louisiade Archipelago
Trobriand Islands
Phoenix Islands (Kiribati)
Pitcairn Islands (UK)
Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico)
Samoa
Savaiʻi
ʻUpolu
Apolima
Manono
Nuutele
Solomon Islands (see also Islands of the Solomon Islands)
Bellona
Choiseul
Florida Island
Guadalcanal
Malaita
Maramasike
New Georgia Islands
Rennell
Russell Islands
San Cristobal
Santa Cruz Islands
Santa Isabel
Shortland Islands
Sikaiana (Stewart Islands)
Tulagi
Ulawa
Uki
Tokelau
Atafu (Duke of York Island)
Fakaofo (Bowditch Island)
Nukunonu (Duke of Clarence Island)
Olohega (Swains island) (disputed)
Tonga (only main islands or groups, on north-south order. See also complete list of islands in Tonga)
Niuafoʻou
Niuatoputapu (Keppel's Island)
Vavaʻu
Kao
Tofua
Haʻapai
Tongatapu
ʻEua
Torres Strait Islands (Australia)
Tuvalu (see also Islands of Tuvalu)
Funafuti (atoll of at least 30 islands)
Nanumanga (or Nanumaga)
Nanumea (atoll of at least 6 islands)
Niulakita
Niutao
Nui (atoll of at least 21 islands)
Nukufetau (atoll of at least 33 islands)
Nukulaelae (atoll of at least 15 islands)
Vaitupu (atoll of at least 9 islands)
Vanuatu (New Hebrides; see also Islands of Vanuatu)
Ambrym
Anatom
Aoba
Éfaté
Erromango
Espiritu Santo
Futuna
Hunter (claimed by France and Vanuatu)
Îles Banks
Îles Torres
Maéwo
Matthew (claimed by France and Vanuatu)
Malakula
Pentecóte
Tanna
Wake Island (United States)
Wallis and Futuna (France)
Alofi
Futuna
Wallis (ʻUvea)
Willis Island (Australia)
1. its located between Israel and Jordan
2. it is almost impossible to drown in it
3. it is called the dead sea cause there are no organic living orginisims that can suvive besides fungi and bacteria
4. it is the saltiest large body of water in the world
Why is the Atlantic Ocean getting larger than the Pacific Ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean is growing bigger because of two divergent plate boundaries, the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate. Each year, these two plates move farther and farther apart from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). As these plates separate, oceanic lithosphere forms, resulting in the growth of the Atlantic Ocean.
They live in deep oceans, around warmer waters, in the pacific. Some octopus have been know to live in shallower waters. Most of them live in salt water, but some have been known to live in fresh water.
The Size of the Pacific Ocean is Massive; it covers more than one-third of the earth's surface, which is approximately 165 million square kilometers (about 65 million square miles). It extends about 15,000 kilometers (9,600 miles )
Where is Pacific Ocean located on the map?
It is between New Zealand and South-America. It is left of North and South America, right of Asia and Australia.
west of North/South America, east of Asia, north of the Southern Ocean, which lies around Australia
The Pacific Ocean is between Asia and Australia in the east and the Americas in the west.
Which ocean is the shallowest?
Average depth: 3,407 feet (1,038 m)
Deepest point: 17,881 feet (5,450 m) in the Eurasian Basin
Which direction is the Pacific Ocean from the US?
The Atlantic Ocean is on the eastern seaboard of the US. The Pacific Ocean is on the west.
Which states of the US share the coastline with the Pacific Ocean?
Every country can be called a state, but regarding only states as defined as a type of subdivision of a federation, including island states, those that border on the Pacific Ocean are, in alphabetical order,
- Aimeliik, Palau
- Alaska, United States of America
- Angaur, Palau
- Baja California, United Mexican States
- Baja California Sur, United Mexican States
- California, United States of America
- Chiapas, United Mexican States
- Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
- Colima, United Mexican States
- Guerrero, United Mexican States
- Hatohobei, Palau
- Hawaii, United States of America
- Jalisco, United Mexican States
- Johor, Malaysia (via the South China Sea)
- Kayangel, Palau
- Kelantan, Malaysia (via the South China Sea)
- Koror, Palau
- Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
- Melekeok, Palau
- Michoacan, United Mexican States
- Nayarit, United Mexican States
- New South Wales, Australia
- Ngaraard, Palau
- Ngarchelong, Palau
- Ngardmau, Palau
- Ngaremlengui, Palau
- Ngatpang, Palau
- Ngchesar, Palau
- Ngiwal, Palau
- Oaxaca, United Mexican States
- Oregon, United States of America
- Pahang, Malaysia (via the South China Sea)
- Palau, Palau
- Peleliu, Palau
- Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
- Queensland, Australia
- Rock Islands, Palau
- Sabah, Malaysia (via the Celebes Sea)
- Sarawak, Malaysia (via the South China Sea)
- Sinaloa, United Mexican States
- Sonora, United Mexican States (via the Gulf of California)
- Sonsorol, Palau
- Tasmania, Australia (via the Tasman Sea)
- Terengganu, Malaysia (via the South China Sea)
- Victoria, Australia
- Washington, United States of America
- Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
What are cold and warm currents?
Cold water travels from the poles towards the equator. An example of a cold water current is the California Current. Warm water travels from the equator towards the poles. An example of a warm water current is the Gulf Stream.
