The Pacific Ocean—named the “peaceful sea” by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a Spanish expedition—is the largest ocean in the world, covering 65.3 million sq. mi. (169.2 million sq. km), encompassing 32 percent of the total surface of the Earth ...

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