Pacific Ocean - Pazifischer Ozean

Map of the Pacific Ocean

The Pacific ocean, also Pacific, Calm ocean or Great ocean called (to lat. pacificus = Making peace) is the largest ocean on earth with an area of 179.7 million km². With a maximum depth of 11,034 m (im Mariana Trench) it is also the deepest.

Bordering states

List in clockwise order:

Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Russia.

Major islands and island regions

Important island states in the Pacific Ocean are:

Japan
Philippines
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea, predominantly on the eastern part of the island of New Guinea
Indonesia, partly also belongs to the Indian Ocean

Other important archipelagos / regions

Other important islands and archipelagos

Continents and regions

Africa, America, Antarctic, Arctic, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, North America, middle East, Oceania and Australia, South America

Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean

Special goals, Countries from A to Z

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