Pacific Ocean

Often the Pacific

[puh-sif-ik oh-shuhn]

noun

1. the largest of the world’s five principal oceans, bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia, with its deepest section in the Mariana Trench: divided by the equator into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. 62,455,900 square miles (161,760,000 square kilometers).

Pacific Ocean

noun

1. the world's largest and deepest ocean, lying between Asia and Australia and North and South America: almost landlocked in the north, linked with the Arctic Ocean only by the Bering Strait, and extending to Antarctica in the south; has exceptionally deep trenches, and a large number of volcanic and coral islands. Area: about 165 760 000 sq km (64 000 000 sq miles). Average depth: 4215 m (14 050 ft). Greatest depth: Challenger Deep (in the Marianas Trench), 11 033 m (37 073 ft). Greatest width: (between Panama and Mindanao, Philippines) 17 066 km (10 600 miles)

Pacific Ocean

1. The largest ocean in the world, separating Asia and Australia on the west from North America and South America on the east.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pacific Ocean¹

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

The South East Asian island country also lies in the path of typhoons that sweep across the Pacific Ocean every year.

From BBC

From the Piccins’ property in wine country to foothills below the Sierra Nevada to canyons overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the wreckage stubbornly resists recovery.

From Los Angeles Times

The story of Earhart, who vanished while flying over the Pacific Ocean, "has captivated millions", the US president wrote on social media on Friday.

From BBC

The American Nuclear Society noted that, “Cesium-137 is detectable in shrimp originating from the Pacific Ocean due to past nuclear testing and accidents.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mansions with picturesque views of the Pacific Ocean were obliterated into charred slabs of stucco, broken concrete and dust.

From Los Angeles Times