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Country
Country
Pacific Ocean
Country in French
Océan Pacific
countryucasefr
OCEAN PACIFIC
Country in Chinese
countryfull
Pacific Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
ISO2
POO2
ISO3
POO2
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currencypxcode
XDR
Area km2
155 557 000
coastline
135663
rankincome
222
location
body of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere
terrain
surface currents in the northern Pacific are dominated by a clockwise, warm-water gyre (broad circular system of currents) and in the southern Pacific by a counterclockwise, cool-water gyre; in the northern Pacific, sea ice forms in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk in winter; in the southern Pacific, sea ice from Antarctica reaches its northernmost extent in October; the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East Pacific Rise, while the western Pacific is dissected by deep trenches, including the Mariana Trench, which is the world's deepest
naturalresources
oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and
cooking
includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Flores Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Savu Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies
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