Area:
Total: 155.557 million sq. km
note: includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Ton-kin Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
note: includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Ton-kin Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
Environment - current
issues:
endangered marine species include the dudgeon sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South china sea.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans (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. The decision by the International Hydro-graphic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
Mariana Trench, depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean, the deepest seafloor depression in the world. It is located just east of the Mariana Islands in the western part of the ocean basin. The Mariana Trench is an arc-shaped valley extending generally northeast to southwest for 2,550 km (1,580 mi); its average width is 70 km (40 mi). The Mariana is one of many deep water ocean trenches formed by the geologic process of seduction.
Natural
resources:
The Pacific Ocean has oil and gas fields, poly-metallic nodules,
sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish
Natural
hazards:
The Pacific Ocean is surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic
and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the "Pacific Ring of
Fire"; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia
from May to December (most frequent from July to October); tropical cyclones
(hurricanes) may form south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico
from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La
Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the
Western Hemisphere and the western Pacific; ships subject to superstructure
icing in extreme north from October to May; persistent fog in the northern
Pacific can be a maritime hazard from June to December
Ports and
terminals:
Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-suing (Taiwan), Los- Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US),
Seattle (US), Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok
(Russia), Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
The Pacific Ocean is a major contributor to the world economy and particularly to those nations its waters directly touch. It provides low-cost sea transportation between East and West, extensive fishing grounds, offshore oil and gas fields, minerals, and sand and gravel for the construction industry. In 1996, over 60% of the world's fish catch came from the Pacific Ocean. Exploitation of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ever-increasing role in the energy supplies of the US, Australia, NZ, China, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas, combined with the wide swings in world prices for oil since 1985, has led to fluctuations in new drillings.
Geography
- note:
The Pacific Ocean
has major chokepoints are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait,
and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North
Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; dotted with low coral islands and
rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
endangered marine species include the dudgeon sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South china sea.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans (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. The decision by the International Hydro-graphic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
Mariana Trench, depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean, the deepest seafloor depression in the world. It is located just east of the Mariana Islands in the western part of the ocean basin. The Mariana Trench is an arc-shaped valley extending generally northeast to southwest for 2,550 km (1,580 mi); its average width is 70 km (40 mi). The Mariana is one of many deep water ocean trenches formed by the geologic process of seduction.
Natural
resources:
The Pacific Ocean has oil and gas fields, poly-metallic nodules,
sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish
Natural
hazards:
The Pacific Ocean is surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic
and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the "Pacific Ring of
Fire"; subject to tropical cyclones (typhoons) in southeast and east Asia
from May to December (most frequent from July to October); tropical cyclones
(hurricanes) may form south of Mexico and strike Central America and Mexico
from June to October (most common in August and September); cyclical El Nino/La
Nina phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific, influencing weather in the
Western Hemisphere and the western Pacific; ships subject to superstructure
icing in extreme north from October to May; persistent fog in the northern
Pacific can be a maritime hazard from June to December
Ports and
terminals:
Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-suing (Taiwan), Los- Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US),
Seattle (US), Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok
(Russia), Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan)Environment - current issues:
Pacific Ocean endangered marine species include the dugong, sea lion, sea otter, seals, turtles, and whales; oil pollution in Philippine Sea and South China SeaThe Pacific Ocean is a major contributor to the world economy and particularly to those nations its waters directly touch. It provides low-cost sea transportation between East and West, extensive fishing grounds, offshore oil and gas fields, minerals, and sand and gravel for the construction industry. In 1996, over 60% of the world's fish catch came from the Pacific Ocean. Exploitation of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ever-increasing role in the energy supplies of the US, Australia, NZ, China, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas, combined with the wide swings in world prices for oil since 1985, has led to fluctuations in new drillings.
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