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Which ocean is the largest by surface area?
Answer
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean covers approximately 165 million square kilometers, making it by far the largest ocean on Earth. It spans from the Arctic to the Antarctic and stretches across nearly half the world's water surface. The Pacific alone is larger than all other oceans combined and covers more area than all of Earth's land combined.
💡 Did you know?
The Pacific is so vast it's larger than all other oceans and continents combined.
Other options people guess
- Atlantic
- Indian
- Arctic
Topics
- oceans
- geography
- water
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