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Discover how plastic debris is affecting marine life in the Pacific Ocean
Learn how plastic debris affects the Pacific Ocean.
Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Evgeniy Parilov/Dreamstime.com
Follow researchers into the waters off Vancouver Island in search of the giant Pacific octopus
Overview of the giant Pacific octopus.
Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz
Explore the versatile underwater landscape of the Pacific coral reefs that are home to the blacktip reef sharks, gray reef sharks, and nurse sharks
Overview of various Pacific coral reef sharks, notably the blacktip reef shark, gray...
Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz

Images

The Pacific Ocean, with depth contours and submarine features
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Big Sur
Mountainous coastline of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Big Sur, California.
Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images
Cape Irō
Cape Irō on Izu Peninsula, Japan.
Satoshi Ohkoshi—Orion Press/FPG
Palau: rock islands
Aerial view of rock islands, Palau.
© nuccio/Fotolia
Manganese nodules
Manganese nodules on the southern Pacific Ocean floor.
Courtesy of the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University
Kraternaya Bay
The summit of a partially submerged volcano forms the outline of Kraternaya Bay,...
Michael V. Propp
Funafuti Atoll
Aerial view of Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Solomon Islands
Fringing coral reefs, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Islands.
Michael Pitts/Nature Picture Library
fog enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Fog enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge, which spans the entrance to San Francisco...
© MedioImages/Getty Images
“Supertyphoon” Chaba
“Supertyphoon” Chaba (right) approaching Japan and Typhoon Aere (left) hitting Taiwan,...
NOAA
Latitudinal variation in precipitation and evaporation
Latitudinal variation in precipitation and evaporation and its relationship to major...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Upwelling process along coast
The upwelling process in the ocean along the coast of Peru. A thermocline and a nutricline...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
mangrove roots, Thailand
Mangroves (Rhizophora apiculata) at low tide on the coast of Thailand.
C.B. Frith/Bruce Coleman Inc.
giant kelp forest
Giant kelp (Macrocystis) forest with gorgonian coral, off the coast of southern...
Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures
bluefin tuna
Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus orientalis) in the waters near Japan.
Sue Flood/Alamy
Peru
Fishing for anchovies off the coast of Peru.
Robert Harding Picture Library
Ifalik, Micronesia: fishermen
Fishermen with a catch of tuna, Ifalik, Micronesia.
Anders Ryman/Alamy
Kure, Japan: shipyard
A shipyard in Kure, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.
William C. Gagnon/Shostal Associates
San Simeon: Pacific coast
Pacific coast at San Simeon, California.
© Suresh B Muppala/Shutterstock.com
fringing reef
Fringing reef formations around islands in the Pacific Ocean.
© Getty Images
reef formations
Aerial view of reef formations, South Pacific.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
wave
Waves in the Pacific Ocean near Oahu, Hawaii.
© Corbis
seafloor spreading in three ocean basins
Patterns of seafloor spreading in the Pacific (left), Arctic (centre), and Atlantic...
U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
world map
Map identifying the world's continents.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Interactives

Oceanic voyages of Ferdinand Magellan and his crew, 1519–22
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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