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| Pacific Ocean
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| Coordinates
| 0°N
180°W
/
0°N 180°W
/
0; -180
Coordinates
:
0°N
180°W
/
0°N 180°W
/
0; -180
|
|---|
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| 165,000,000 km
2
(64,000,000 sq mi)
|
| Average deepth
| 4,280 m (14,040 ft)
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|---|
| Max. deepth
| 10,911 m (35,797 ft)
|
|---|
| 710,000,000 km
3
(170,000,000 cu mi)
|
|
|---|
| Islands
| Leet o islands
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The
Pacific Ocean
is the maist muckle body o watter on
Yird
? at 165.2
million square kilometres
in area, this ocean (the maist muckle pairt o the
Yird Ocean
) kivers aboot 32% o the yird's
surface
an is mair muckle nor aw the yird's laund thegither. Its name comes frae the
Laitin
name Mare Pacificum, "peacefu
sea
". It wis gien the name bi the
Portuguese
explorer
Ferdinand Magellan
.
