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The '''Pacific Ocean''' (whose name derives from the [[Latin]] name ''Mare Pacificum'', "peaceful sea", coined by the [[Directory:Portugal|Portuguese]] explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]]) is the globe's largest body of [[water]]. It encompasses one third of the [[Earth]]'s surface.