Pacific Ocean (by Jeslyn, 7S)

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world
1. It spans 60 million square miles from California to China
It was named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 as he sailed through a calm patch of water on the ocean
1. The name pacific is a version of pacify or peaceful.
The Pacific Ocean creates some of the strongest hurricanes ever seen.
1. In 2018, the strongest storm of the year was Super Typhoon Mangkhut.
  1. The storm's winds were 165 miles per hour at its highest
  2. It hit the Philippines in late September before going over mainland China
The Pacific basin is called the "Ring of Fire"
1. This is because of the area of earthquake and volcanic activity around its edges.
There is a massive garbage patch called the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"
1. 94% of the plastics found in the Pacific's garbage patch are actually microplastics
2. This is the largest garbage patch on Earth
The Pacific Ocean is also the site of much of the world's high seas fishing, both legal and illegal

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	Created by Jeslyn Chukukere over 4 years ago