The Pacific Ocean

The Pacific is the largest ocean of the world. There is a story behind this name. Portuguese sailor Fardinand Magellan named it Pacific. The word Pacific means calm. Seeing the calm looks of this mass of water, he named it so. The Pacific is the largest ocean regarding the expansion of water, depth and area. This ocean occupies one third of the total area of the world. It is the reservoir of half of the water of the world. There are more than 25000 islands in this ocean. This number is half the number of islands in all other seas and oceans. The seas that have merged with the Pacific are the Japan sea, the Yellow sea and the China Sea.