Are there two Pacific Oceans?

Thorin is completely right, but I'll flesh it out the context for discussions of the South Pacific vs North Pacific, and what is sometimes called the West Pacific vs East Pacific. read more

The other is that there are exchange pathways between the two, and they really are one body of water. So, there are good physical reasons to discuss them separately, but they are one ocean. In terms of East and West Pacific, this tends to be terminology used by hurricane and typhoon forecasters as a matter of convenience. read more

Last time I checked, there was only one Pacific Ocean. Most world maps try to get all of the land masses in the center of the sheet. read more

The Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. Below you can see a world map showing the Pacific Ocean: Simply click the + and - signs on the left of the map and zoom into the map to see more about the bordering countries and to locate some of the islands we mention in the text below. read more