Question

Which of the following is the largest ocean in the world?
1. Pacific Ocean
2. Arctic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Atlantic Ocean

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Pacific Ocean

The correct answer is the Pacific Ocean.

• The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world.
• The Pacific Ocean spans 60 million square miles from California to China, and in certain regions extends tens of thousands of feet below the surface of the water.
• The name Pacific is a version of pacifying or peaceful.
• It was named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 as he sailed through a calm patch of water on the ocean.
• The Pacific basin is called the Ring of Fire because of the area of earthquake and volcanic activity around its edges. 
• The deepest oceanic trench in the world is Mariana Trench which is found in the Pacific Ocean.
• The Pacific Ocean's minimum depth is 4280 meters and its maximum depth is 10911 meters.
• Onahama Marine Bridge was built on Pacific Ocean water and its total length is 927 meters.

Ocean Names	Total area	Min depth	Max depth
Arctic Ocean	14.06 million km²	1,038 m	5,450 m
Indian Ocean	70.56 million km²	3,890 m	7,258 m
Atlantic Ocean	106.5 million km²	3,646 m	8,376 m