Pacific Ocean or the Pacific Ocean (from the spanish Pacifico, meaning peace) is the world's largest body of water. It encompasses about a third of Earth's surface, with an area of 179.7 million km ² (69.4 million mi ²). Length is about 15,500 km (9600 mi) from the Bering Sea ice in the Arctic until the restrictions on the Ross Sea in Antarctica in the south. Pacific Ocean reaches its greatest east-west width at about 5 degrees latitude U, where it stretches approximately 19,800 km (12,300 mi) from Indonesia to the coast of Colombia. The western ocean boundary is usually placed in the Strait of Malacca. The lowest point of Earth-surface-Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Ocean is located between Asia and Australia to the west, America in the east, the Antarctic in the south and north of the Arctic Ocean.Pacific Ocean views from the coast in the central part of Chile
Pacific Ocean contains about 25,000 islands (more than the number of islands in the oceans of the world if combined), the majority located in the south of the equator. (See: Pacific Islands.)
In the irregular boundaries of the Pacific Ocean there are many oceans, the largest being the Celebes Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Japan Sea, South China Sea, Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea and Yellow Sea. Strait of Malacca linking the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Strait of Magellan links the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was the one who named the Pacific Ocean. For most of its journey from the Strait of Magellan to the Philippines, Magellan did feel calm ocean. However, the Pacific Ocean is not always calm. Where widening Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean shrank. This causes many earthquakes. Many cyclones and hurricanes that destroy the islands in the Pacific and the land around the volcano and the Pacific met frequently rocked by earthquakes. The tsunami, caused by an earthquake on the seabed, had destroyed much of the island and eliminate the entire city.
The highest and lowest point
* The lowest point: -10 924 m (-35,840 feet). in the bottom of the Mariana Trench
* Highest point: sea level 0 m
Characteristic of the Pacific waters
* is the world's largest ocean
* basic ocean is the epicenter for Japan and the west coast of the Americas
* There are many mountains, sea
* there is heat flow kurosyiwo (黒 潮 "くろし お") and cold currents oyashio (亲 潮 "おや しお")
* there are symptoms of global climate that is el nino and la nina
Pacific Ocean contains about 25,000 islands (more than the number of islands in the oceans of the world if combined), the majority located in the south of the equator. (See: Pacific Islands.)
In the irregular boundaries of the Pacific Ocean there are many oceans, the largest being the Celebes Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Japan Sea, South China Sea, Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea and Yellow Sea. Strait of Malacca linking the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Strait of Magellan links the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was the one who named the Pacific Ocean. For most of its journey from the Strait of Magellan to the Philippines, Magellan did feel calm ocean. However, the Pacific Ocean is not always calm. Where widening Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean shrank. This causes many earthquakes. Many cyclones and hurricanes that destroy the islands in the Pacific and the land around the volcano and the Pacific met frequently rocked by earthquakes. The tsunami, caused by an earthquake on the seabed, had destroyed much of the island and eliminate the entire city.
The highest and lowest point
* The lowest point: -10 924 m (-35,840 feet). in the bottom of the Mariana Trench
* Highest point: sea level 0 m
Characteristic of the Pacific waters
* is the world's largest ocean
* basic ocean is the epicenter for Japan and the west coast of the Americas
* There are many mountains, sea
* there is heat flow kurosyiwo (黒 潮 "くろし お") and cold currents oyashio (亲 潮 "おや しお")
* there are symptoms of global climate that is el nino and la nina