South Pacific Ocean
Grace Cherry, Meghan Stover, Angel Calderon
location: The Pacific Ocean is located between Americas to the East of the Pacific Ocean
basin and the Asian and Australian continents to the West. The Equator divides the
Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean.
size: 63.78 million square miles
Temperature ranges:Generally, ocean waters are layered, with each layer having a
different temperature. The bottom layers of the ocean are considerably colder – near
freezing – than the surface layers. The surface layer of the Pacific Ocean waters ranges
from about 300 to 900 metres thick. This warm layer is shallower along the coasts of
North America than in the central and western regions of the Pacific. Along Canada’s west
coast, the surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean rarely get warmer than 15ºC
Tourism opportunities and major land forms: Samoa,
Tonga, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Easter Island, Fiji,
New Caledonia, Vanuata, and the Soloman Islands
Major shipping routes:
dominant currents:
Atmospheric events:
Interesting Facts
“Pacific” comes from the latin language, it
means “Peaceful.”
The deepest point of the ocean is called the
“Challenger Deep.”