The Pacific Ocean is larger than Earth's entire landmass.The Pacific ocean is the largest ocean in the earth. It spans over
165.25 million square kilometers (63.8 million square miles)of area .It covers
46 % of the earth's water surface.It is bigger than than all the area of land masses combined.
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Pacific Ocean(Photo courtesy: WWF) |
Pacific ocean occupies about
one third of the
surface of Earth.
Marina trench in the Pacific ocean is the
deepest point on earth.There are more than 25000 islands in Pacific ocean.The name Pacific Ocean was coined by the Portuguese explorer
Ferdinand Magellan.
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Map showing marina trench(Photo courtesy :Wikipedia) |
Source:Wikipiedia
britannica.com
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