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The Pacific Ocean according to the CIA World Factbook [13] (blue area), and as defined by the IHO (black outline – excluding marginal waterbodies) The Pacific is the ocean that separates Asia and Australia from the Americas. It may be further subdivided by the Equator into northern and southern portions.
English: SVG template for creating distribution maps for flora and fauna, and other area maps for the world centred on the Pacific Ocean. Range (approximately): latitude 83°N to 56°S; longitude 30°W to 30°W across the International Date Line
The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to Oceania. Oceania is a geographical, and geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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.
English: Blank world map, centered on Pacific Ocean. Français : Carte muette du monde, centrée sur l'océan Pacifique. Date: 2 April 2007: Source: Own work. Based ...
Map legend in Portuguese and English, with name of sovereign state given in pare File:World_pacific_centered.svg licensed with PD-Demis 2007-04-02T19:23:02Z Sémhur 1266x616 (453687 Bytes) {{Information |Description= {{fr|Carte muette du monde, centrée sur l'océan Pacifique.}} {{en|Blank world map, centered on Pacific Ocean.}} |Source=Œuvre ...
Maris Pacifici, more accurately named the Descriptio Maris Pacifici ("Description of the Pacific Ocean"), was the first dedicated map of the Pacific to be printed. It is considered an important advancement in cartography. This map was drawn by Abraham Ortelius in 1589, based upon a map of America from the same year that was drawn by Frans ...
PLOS One describe Insular Chile as having "cultural and ecological connections to the broader insular Pacific." [117] A map of member states for the Pacific Islands Forum, the member states are depicted in blue. The PIF is a governing organization for the Pacific, and all of its members are seen as being politically within Oceania.