🌊 Largest ocean

Pacific Ocean · about 165 million km² (64 million sq mi)

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🌊 Largest ocean

about 165 million km² (64 million sq mi)

Pacific Ocean · Between Asia–Australia and the Americas

Larger than all the Earth's land combined, the Pacific spans more than a third of the planet's surface and ringed by the volatile 'Ring of Fire' of trenches and volcanoes.

Record at a glance

RecordLargest ocean
FeaturePacific Ocean
Measurementabout 165 million km² (64 million sq mi)
LocationBetween Asia–Australia and the Americas

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