🌊 Largest Ocean: The Pacific
3rd Grade 🏆 World Records
The Pacific Ocean is the biggest and deepest ocean. It is larger than all the land on Earth put together.
Between continents
The Pacific lies between Asia and Australia on one side and North and South America on the other. Hawaii sits in the middle of it.
Peaceful name
Explorer Ferdinand Magellan named it "Pacific," meaning peaceful, because the water was calm when he sailed it in 1520.
Quick quiz
Which ocean is the biggest?
Which US state is in the middle of the Pacific?
What does "Pacific" mean?