Proper nounSingular Pacific Ocean Plural - Pacific Ocean
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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. It extends from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east. At 169.2 million square kilometres (65.3 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands are deemed wholly within the South Pacific. The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the Pacific and in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,798 ft). The Pacific Ocean.From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License what is the difference in the sea level of the atlantic & pacific ocean at the Panama Canal? Q. please help me answer these questions. 1) what is the difference in the sea level of the atlantic & pacific ocean at the Panama Canal? AND 2) which direction do you sail through the Panama Canal? pleaseee helpp meee! :( thank youuu!!! Asked by Dianaaaaa - Tue Nov 18 22:55:15 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. ANSWER to #1: The Pacific Ocean side is 20cm higher than the Atlantic Ocean side due to different ocean conditions like water densities. ANSWER to #2: You sail whichever direction you want through the Panama Canal. At each set of locks, there's one going east and one going west. It's not a one-way route. However, most people don't "sail" through the canal anymore... their ships are usually powered by diesel or nuclear power or something. Answered by Jonathan C - Tue Nov 18 23:52:14 2008 Why wasn't the downtown Los Angeles built next to or near the Pacific Ocean ? Q. Downtown Chicago (next to Lake Michigan), Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn (next to the Hudson bay), downtown San Diego (next to the Pacific Ocean), and other cities downtowns' are built next to major bodies of water when because their cities border major bodies of water and it makes the skyline look more beautiful, why not Los Angeles? Venica and Santa Monica take up small parts of the Los Angeles coast so why not somewhere else along the coastline? Asked by Babatunde W - Mon Sep 7 16:11:14 2009 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments A. Excellent question---The short answer is in 1781 the fertile land and fresh water from the LA River was in the opinion of 2 Franciscan monks (from the San Gabriel Mission to the east) ideal for growing FOOD crops...The 2 monks, several indian acolytes and 11 families moved 9 miles west from mission area to this new outpost in that year. They were more interested in growing food for survival than ocean front vistas... footnotes: 1. This was a pueblo not a mission 2. The real question is why wasn't the natural harbor at San Pedro the site of downtown or at least one of the early coastal missions. 3. Boogey above is largely correct. Answered by Paris Hilton - Tue Sep 8 08:31:10 2009 How could a map show Pacific Ocean before it was discovered?
Q. I read a news report on the Internet today about a map made by a German monk shortly after Columbus discovered America...but the map showed the Americas, completely, with the Pacific...and it hadn't been officially discovered! How do you explain this? Could there have been earlier discoveries not widely known? Balboa didn't discover the Pacific until 1513; this map was made in 1494! Asked by Digital Age - Tue Dec 4 20:45:08 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. You have to realize that many of the discoveries made in the 1400's are still a mystery because in those days secrecy was essential. This specially applies to the portuguese explorations. The portuguese were the first europeans to explore the open Atlantic in the very early 1400's, almost 100 years before the spanish. In the 1420's Portugal had allready disvovered the islands of the Azores, now part of Portugal, and they are almost in the middle between Europe and the americas. Many historians agree that probably Portugal already knew there were lands to the west because they were sailing across the open Atlantic for almost 70 years before Columbus. For example in 1474 the portuguese explorer Joao Corte-Real was rewarded by the king… [cont.] Answered by Heteronimo - Sat Dec 8 15:01:53 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "pacific ocean"  news.google.com Livemint ... most of the blame is put on an El Nino event the warming of certain regions in the Pacific Ocean , which draws out moisture from the monsoon clouds. ... and more » news.google.com AllAfrica.com ... a return of El Ni-o, a climate phenomenon with significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries, in the Pacific Ocean . ... and more » news.google.com Valparaiso Times ... located about 670 kilometers from mainland Chile in the Pacific Ocean and administratively belonging to Region V. Chilean authorities and environmental ... From Google News Search: "pacific ocean"  acclaimimages.com 300px x 240px | 11.20kB [source page] Spotted Eagle Rays in the Pacific Ocean  99perfume.com 300px x 166px | 7.90kB [source page] Ocean pacific perfume by Ocean Pacific From Yahoo Image Search: "pacific ocean"  doomdaily.com harbinger Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:50:03 GM EDIS Number: VI-20090826-22939-PHL Date / time: 26/08/2009 18:14:46 [UTC] Event: Vehicle Accident Area: . Pacific ocean. - west. Country: Philippines State/County: Province of Quezon City: Malicboy Number of Deads: None or unknow ...  blog.taragana.com Bureau News hu, 10 Sep 2009 05:26:43 GM July 12th, 2009 Hurricane Carlos heading west over the PacificMIAMI Hurricane Carlos is heading west over the open waters of the . Pacific Ocean. and has weakened slightly. The Category 1 hurricane has maximum sustained winds near 80 mph ...  debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com John W. Loftus hu, 10 Sep 2009 12:36:00 GM The same goes for the predicted San Andreas Fault and the earthquake that will send Los Angeles into the . Pacific Ocean. . No seismic scientist would ever discover God as the reason why it doesn't do this. ... From Google Blog Search: "pacific ocean" |
