The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
Surface area: 165,250,000 km² (63,800,000 sq mi)
Average depth: 4,280 m (14,040 ft)
Max. depth: 10,911 m (35,797 ft)
Water volume: c. 710,000,000 km³ (170,000,000 cu mi)
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