Why is it called the Pacific Ocean?

Since the Pacific Ocean is not land, nor is it habitable by humans, it cannot be made into a state. The Pacific Ocean contains 20,000 to 30,000 islands, many of which are inhabited and have their own governments. read more

After braving perilous seas and navigating through what are now known as the Straits of Magellan, his small fleet entered an unfamiliar ocean in Nov. 1520. He called this body of water pacific, due to the calmness of the water at the time ('pacific' means peaceful). read more

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. read more