The Pacific Ocean, which stretches over an area of 166,241,700 km2, is the largest and deepest ocean of the earth.
Its name comes from the latin “pacificus” calm. It fully includes Oceania and a few other islands and archipelagos which traditionally are part of Asia: Japan, East Indies,...
Surrounded by Asia, Australia and America, its south boundary with the Southern Ocean is officially marked at 60° S latitude.