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Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

  • Bloop
    Bloop was an ultra-low-frequency and extremely powerful underwater sound detected by the U.
  • Indo-Pacific
    The Indo-Pacific, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific, is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia.
  • United States Pacific Fleet
    The United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT) is a Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to the United States Pacific Command.
  • 52-hertz whale
    The 52-hertz whale is an individual whale of unidentified species, which calls at the very unusual frequency of 52 Hz.
  • Typhoon
    A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E.
  • Korea Strait
    The Korea Strait is a sea passage between Japan and South Korea, connecting the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
  • Ring of Fire
    The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
  • ANZUS
    The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS or ANZUS Treaty) is the 1951 collective security agreement which binds Australia and New Zealand and, separately, Australia and the United States, to co-operate on military matters in the Pacific Ocean region, although today the treaty is taken to relate to conflicts worldwide.
  • Maritime Forces Pacific
    In the Canadian Forces, Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) is responsible for the fleet training and operational readiness of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Far East
    The Far East is an alternate geographical term in English (with equivalents in many other languages – see the infobox on the right for examples), that usually refers to East Asia (including Northeast Asia), the Russian Far East (part of North Asia), and Southeast Asia.
  • Mariana Trench
    The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans.
  • Sibuyan Sea
    The Sibuyan Sea is a small sea in the Philippines that separates the Visayas from the northern Philippine island of Luzon.
  • Second Fiji Expedition
    The Second Fiji Expedition was an 1859 United States Navy operation against the native warriors of Seru Epenisa Cakobau on the island of Waya in Fiji.
  • Action off Charles Island
    The Action off Charles Island was a naval battle fought during the War of 1812 in the summer of 1813 off Charles Island in the Galapagos.
  • Action off James Island
    The Action off James Island was a naval engagement of the War of 1812.
  • Pacific Partnership
    Pacific Partnership is an annual deployment of forces from the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy (USN), in cooperation with regional governments and military forces, along with humanitarian and non-government organizations.
  • Pacific (book)
    Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers is a non-fiction book by Simon Winchester about the Pacific Ocean.
  • First Fiji Expedition
    The First Fiji Expedition undertaken by the United States occurred in October 1855 during the civil war on the islands.
  • Project Kaisei
    Project Kaisei (from 海星, kaisei, "ocean planet" in Japanese) is a scientific and commercial mission to study and clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a large body of floating debris trapped in the Pacific Ocean by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.
  • United States Exploring Expedition
    The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding lands conducted by the United States from 1838 to 1842.
  • Richard Russell Waldron
    Richard Russell Waldron was a purser "and special agent" in the Wilkes Expedition, together with younger brother Thomas Westbrook Waldron (consul).
  • List of shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
    This is a list of shipwrecks located in the Pacific Ocean.