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3 days ago · In the Northern Hemisphere the Pacific Ocean meets the Arctic Ocean in the Bering Sea. In the Southern Hemisphere the Pacific and Atlantic mix in the relatively narrow Drake Passage between Tierra del Fuego in South America and Graham Land in Antarctica, and the Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean meet at the 60° S parallel
- Fiji
Fiji is a country and archipelago in the South Pacific...
- Islands
Pacific Islands, geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It...
- The Trade Winds
Pacific Ocean - Trade Winds, Climate, Marine Life: The trade...
- Study and Exploration
Pacific Ocean - Exploration, Islands, Marine Life: The...
- Aleutian Trench
Aleutian Trench, submarine trench located on the south side...
- Middle America Trench
Middle America Trench, submarine depression in the Pacific...
- Palau
Palau, country in the western Pacific Ocean.It consists of...
- Chatham
Chatham Islands, island group in the South Pacific Ocean,...
- Japan
Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia.It...
- Fiji
Apr 23, 2024 · Sönke Johnsen. Many creatures light up the world’s waters. From microorganisms that turn shoreline waves electric blue at night to anglerfish deep down who use glowing lures to entice prey, a...
- Riley Black
May 9, 2024 · Four subspecies are recognized: B. m. musculus in the North Atlantic and North Pacific, B. m. intermedia in the Southern Ocean, B. m. brevicauda (the pygmy blue whale) in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, and B. m. indica in the Northern Indian Ocean. There is also a population in the waters off Chile that may constitute a fifth subspecies.
- B. musculus
- Balaenoptera
May 7, 2024 · The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five ocean basins (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). Strategically important access waterways include the La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres Straits.
May 8, 2024 · Great Barrier Reef, world’s largest coral reef complex, located in the Pacific Ocean off northeastern Australia. It extends for more than 1,250 miles (2,000 km) in a northwest-southeast direction, and its width ranges from 37 to 155 miles (60 to 250 km). It has an area of some 135,000 square miles (350,000 square km).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
23 hours ago · Along the Pacific Ocean's irregular western margins lie many seas, the largest of which are the Celebes Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea (East Sea), Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, South China Sea (South Sea), Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea, and Yellow Sea (West Sea of Korea).
2 days ago · A leopard seal ( Hydrurga leptonyx) Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans ( whales, dolphins and porpoises ), pinnipeds ( seals, sea lions and walruses ), sirenians ( manatees and dugongs ), sea otters and polar bears.
