The Pacific Ocean is larger than all of the land on earth combined. The Pacific Ocean covers 46% of the Earth’s water surface, according to Lifestyle Lounge.
Here are some otherInteresting facts about Pacific Ocean, according to Lifestyle Lounge
- Pacific Ocean is spread over an area of 165.2 million sq km, which includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies.
- Pacific Ocean covers about 46% of the Earth’s water surface and about 32% of its total surface area.
- Pacific Ocean is larger than all of the Earth’s land area combined.
- Pacific Ocean is the largest, the deepest as well as the oldest ocean in the world.
- Pacific Ocean was first sighted by Europeans, in early 16th century. Even amongst them, Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first.