The Pacific Ocean is both the largest and the deepest.
2007-09-12 17:34:28
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answered by minefinder 7
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The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Antarctic in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia on the west and the Americas on 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.[1] The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the Pacific and the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,798 feet).[2]
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2007-09-13 06:56:18
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answered by _Me_ 1
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Pacific ocean is the deepest and biggest ocean.. =D
2007-09-13 03:14:44
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answered by mamoRii 2
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The biggest is Pacific Ocean which is 64,186,000 sqm and 15,215 ft ave depth with Mariana Trench, 36,200 ft deep
Atlantic Ocean 33,420,000 sqm 12,881ft ave depth with Puerto Rico Trench, 28,231 ft deep
Indian Ocean 28,350,000 sqm 13,002 ft ave depth with Java Trench, 25,344 ft deep
2007-09-13 00:53:04
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answered by mathpad 4
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Pacific Ocean (35,827 ft deep, 155,557,000 sq km area)
2007-09-13 00:36:45
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answered by karenmsarna 4
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