Discover the Depths: Top 10 Amazing Fun Facts About the Pacific Ocean

1. Pacific Ocean: Larger than Atlantis

The Pacific Ocean: more like Pacific "Y Ocean't!", amirite? This massive watery wonder has enough room to fit the Atlantic Ocean twice, with some extra love handles: Boasting a surface area of over 155 million square kilometers (60 million square miles) and a depth of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) on average, it reigns supreme as the Earth's largest water mass. This ocean even hides the Challenger Deep, the deepest spot on our lovely blue marble, tucked away in the Mariana Trench – where tsunamis and monstrous storms stir, adding some extra chaos to this "peaceful" party!
Source => oceanexplorer.noaa.gov

2. Dive into the Deepest Secrets

If you thought your deepest, darkest secrets were buried, you've clearly never met the Pacific Ocean: Not only does it hold the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point on Earth at 10,928 meters (35,853 feet) deep, but it's also got its Southern Hemisphere buddy, the Horizon Deep in the Tonga Trench, simmering at a cool 10,823 meters (35,509 feet) below the surface. As the unparalleled king of watery realms, the Pacific proudly spans 165,250,000 square kilometers (63,800,000 square miles) with an average depth of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet).
Source => en.wikipedia.org

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3. Mount Everest Needs a Snorkel

If Mount Everest tried to take a dive in the Pacific Ocean, it would still need a snorkel two kilometers long: The Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific, is Earth's deepest underwater trench, with the Challenger Deep – a small slot-shaped valley at its southern end – reaching a mind-boggling depth of 10,984 meters (36,037 feet). So keep your flippers on, Mount Everest, because even microbial life forms and Monothalamea can be found down there!
Source => en.wikipedia.org

4. Humpback Whale Road-Trippers

Whoever said the early bird gets the worm must have never met a humpback whale; these mammoth road-trippers put our morning commutes to shame: Humpback whales migrate an astonishing 5,000 miles from their tropical breeding grounds to chilly Pacific Ocean feeding grounds - that's almost two trips across the United States, all without a single coffee break!
Source => fisheries.noaa.gov

5. Ocean Currents' Whirlpool Supergroup

Why did the ocean currents form a band, you ask? They clearly loved going round and round in harmony with their aquatic instruments: In the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, the California current, the North Equatorial current, the Kuroshio current, and the North Pacific current form a whirlpool supergroup larger than the United States, spanning 20 million square kilometers!
Source => nationalgeographic.org

6. Magellan's Peaceful Discovery

When Ferdinand Magellan whipped out his GPS (Globetrotting Portuguese Secrets) and drafted that early edition of Google Maps, he stumbled upon an ocean so calm, it could do yoga on a paddleboard: The Pacific Ocean, named after its placid demeanor, was first crossed by Magellan in 1521 on his quest for the Spice Islands, proving that even ancient navigators appreciated a nice cup of chai.
Source => history.com

7. Biodiverse Coral Triangle Parties

Whoever said there's no party like a Coral Triangle party must have left their dancing fin shoes at home: this biodiverse hotspot in the Pacific Ocean boasts nearly 600 species of coral, over 2000 types of reef fish, and hosts essential breeding and migration grounds for whales, dolphins, porpoises, dugongs, whale sharks, and six of the world's seven species of marine turtles, supporting more than 120 million people in their livelihoods.
Source => worldwildlife.org

8. Finding Paradise in French Polynesia

If Tahiti and Bora Bora were contestants on a tropical edition of "Where's Waldo?", you'd be searching through 130 islands in 965,255 square miles of the world's biggest blue playground: Amidst the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, the stunning French Polynesia makes it home to these azure gems, with convenient flights whisking you off from Fa’a’ā International Airport onto Bora Bora and beyond via Air Tahiti Airlines.
Source => boraboraphotos.com

9. Distant Easter Island Egg Hunt

If you ever find yourself planning an Easter egg hunt in the mother of all exotic locations, remember that those chocolatey delights might just melt before you reach the shore: Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is situated smack dab in the South Pacific Ocean, roughly 3,600 kilometers west of Chile in South America - closer to Tahiti than to its parent country, Chile!
Source => easterisland.travel

10. Hurricane Patricia's Hair-Raising Winds

Hold on to your coconuts, we're about to dive into a stormy tale of epic proportions: In 2015, Hurricane Patricia swirled off Guatemala in the eastern Pacific Ocean, boasting the strongest winds ever recorded in a tropical cyclone, at a hair-raising 346 kilometers (215 miles) an hour!
Source => nationalgeographic.org