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Pacific Ocean information - Search.com (1918 words) |
 | As the Pacific straddles the ± 180° longitude where East becomes West, the Asian side of the ocean (where latitudes are E) is correctly referred to as East Pacific and the opposite side (eastwards) where latitudes are W is the West Pacific. |
| The surface circulation of Pacific waters is generally clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere (the North Pacific Gyre) and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| In the southwestern corner of the Pacific lie the islands of Melanesia, dominated by New Guinea. |
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