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Hello everyone, I hope you all are doing well. Today's topic is the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering more than one-third of the Earth's surface. It stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bordered by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. The Pacific Ocean got its name from the Latin word "pacificus," which means peaceful, as the early European explorers found its waters to be relatively calm compared to the Atlantic Ocean. Some key features and facts about the Pacific Ocean include: Size: The Pacific Ocean covers an area of approximately 63 million square miles (165 million square kilometers), making it larger than all of Earth's landmasses combined. Depth: The Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific, is the deepest point on Earth and reaches a depth of about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters). Islands and Archipelagos :