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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.
2,049 Questions
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)
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2. it is almost impossible to drown in it
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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.
The Panama Canal, located in Panama, is a ship canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Panama is located in Central America, which is the southernmost portion of the North American continent; Central America is sometimes considered a subcontinent.
The canal, which opened in 1914, is crucial for international maritime trade. It allows ships to enter a lock, built at each end. The ships are then lifted up to the man-made Gatun Lake, then exit the other side of the isthmus through another lock. Around 14,000 ships pass through the canal every year and it's been named one of the American Society of Civil Engineers' seven wonders of the modern world.
The other two ways to get from the Atlantic to the Pacific are much further south and are quite risky. The Strait of Magellan, just north of the Tierra del Fuego at the end of South America, or the Drake Passage, south of the South American continent are both more dangerous, longer, and slower.
What is the Pacific Oceans width?
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What is the only Central American country that doesn't the touch the Pacific Ocean?
Belize is the only country that does not touch the Pacific Ocean.
What is the surface area of the Pacific Ocean?
8,536,716 km (3,296,044 sq mi) is the area size of the Pacific Ocean (Oceania).
What was the Pacific Ocean called before it was called the Pacific Ocean?
The Atlanitic.
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Before the Pacific was discovered by a Spanish Conquistodor, as far Spain and Euro[ was concerned, the Pacific Ocean did not exist. For the other 3/4th of the world however, the Pacific Ocean was otherwise known by Pacific Islanders from Rapanui (Easter Island) to A'otearoa (New Zealand) as Moana Nui. Moana Nui was bustling with trade and migration between many of the islands that had been settled perhaps 2000 years ago. in 1400s, China and what is now South America (before NOT having been discovered by Columbus), had established trade.
Why is the sea level in the Atlantic and pacific different?
Sea level is about 20 cm higher on the Pacific side than the Atlantic due to the water being less dense on average on the Pacific side and due to the prevailing weather and ocean conditions. Such sea level differences are common across many short sections of land dividing ocean basins.
What portuguese explorer discovered an Atlantic passage?
vasco da gama by way of the cape of good hope
How far is the Atlantic Ocean from Texas?
it is about 8000 miles away from Texas to the Atlantic ocean
How did the fur trade affect settlement of the pacific northwest?
Trading fur made people money so they could travel to the pacific northwest and help the population and develope it into a bigger place.
What strip of land did Balboa cross to the pacific ocean?
i am sorry if i am wrong but im pretty sure it is panama
What is the smallest state in the pacific states?
Hawaii is the smallest US state on the Pacific coast.
Washington State is the smallest of the mainland states on the Pacific Coast.
