eastern Pacific Ocean

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The eastern Pacific Ocean is the portion of the Pacific basin off the west coasts of the Americas, characterized by active tectonic boundaries, including several oceanic plates and mid-ocean ridges.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean region
adjacentTo Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes

Cascade Range
Central American volcanic arc
Sierra Madre Occidental
borders Canada west coast
Central America west coast
Chile coast
Mexico west coast
Peru coast
United States west coast
boundedBy Cocos Plate
Nazca Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
Rivera Plate
characterizedBy active tectonic boundaries
active volcanism
frequent earthquakes
high seismic activity
mid-ocean ridges
subduction zones
transform faults
contains Chile Rise
Clipperton Island region
linked to: Clipperton Island

East Pacific Rise
Galápagos Islands region
linked to: Galápagos Islands

Galápagos Spreading Center
Pacific–Antarctic Ridge
hasMajorCurrent California Current
Humboldt Current
North Equatorial Countercurrent
South Equatorial Current
hasPlateBoundaryType convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
hasSpreadingCenter Chile Rise
East Pacific Rise
Galápagos Spreading Center
Pacific–Antarctic Ridge
hasSubductionZone Cascadia subduction zone
Central America Trench
Middle America Trench
Peru–Chile Trench
linked to: Atacama Trench
influences El Niño–Southern Oscillation
climate of the Americas
locatedAlong west coast of North America
west coast of South America
partOf Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ring of Fire

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Cocos Plate locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Explorer Plate locatedIn northeastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
East Pacific Rise locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Rivera Plate locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
United States Third Fleet areaOfOperations Eastern Pacific Ocean
subject linked to: Third Fleet
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Gulf of California locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Polynesians hasRegion eastern Pacific Ocean
Cocos Ridge locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Tehuantepec Ridge locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Guatemala Basin locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Middle America Trench locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Roca Sur partOfRegion Southeast Pacific
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
eastern North Pacific Ocean locatedIn Eastern Pacific
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Santa Barbara Channel isPartOf Eastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Central Pacific Ocean borders Eastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Explorer Ridge locatedIn northeastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Cobb Offset region northeastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Gorda Ridge locatedIn northeastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Joint Interagency Task Force South operatingArea Eastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
United States Third Fleet theaterOfOperations Eastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
northern elephant seal nativeTo eastern Pacific Ocean
Mendocino Triple Junction locatedIn northeastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Panama Current locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Panama Current flowsThrough tropical eastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
El Niño affects eastern Pacific Ocean
Galápagos Spreading Center locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Rivera Transform Fault Zone locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Rivera Transform Fault Zone region northeastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Central Pacific borders Eastern Pacific
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Riviera Fracture Zone locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
King Salmon, California adjacentTo Pacific Ocean (via Humboldt Bay)
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
San Marcos, California locatedNear Pacific Ocean (inland from coast)
subject linked to: San Marcos
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Hawaii Route 19 adjacentTo Pacific Ocean (along parts of the route)
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean region hasPart Eastern Pacific
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
medium tree finch nativeRange eastern Pacific Ocean
GOES West primaryRegionMonitored eastern Pacific Ocean
Muraenesocidae foundIn Eastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
C3F areaOfResponsibility eastern Pacific Ocean
Dungeness crab nativeTo eastern Pacific Ocean
Atherinopsidae distribution eastern Pacific Ocean
Galápagos Rise locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Cocos Plate large igneous province locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Cocos Basin locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Galápagos hotspot locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Galápagos plume track locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
East Pacific tectonic system locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean
Cocos–North America plate boundary region eastern Pacific Ocean
Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor locatedIn Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Pearl Islands oceanRegion Eastern Pacific Ocean
linked to: eastern Pacific Ocean
Isla San Pedro Mártir locatedInBodyOfWater eastern Pacific Ocean