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Pacific Ocean
 
largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth’s surface; named by the Spanish explorer, Ferdinand Magellan; the southern part is also known as the South Sea.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. (Copyright © 2002-2008 Columbia University Press.)
 
 
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