Pacific Ocean

cf. Pacific. Portuguese explorer Magellan called the ocean pacífico (“peaceful”) (in c. 1519) because, after sailing through the stormy seas off Cape Horn, the expedition found calm waters[1].

Pacific Ocean

1. The world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.

• the Pacific

• (oceans) ocean; Antarctic Ocean/‎Southern Ocean,‎ Arctic Ocean,‎ Atlantic Ocean,‎ Indian Ocean,‎ Pacific Ocean ^{(Category: en:Oceans) [edit]}