Which ocean covers more area than all of Earth's land combined?
Pacific Ocean
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The Pacific Ocean covers approximately 63 million square miles — more than all of Earth's landmass put together. It stretches from the Arctic in the north to Antarctica in the south and is wider than the Moon's diameter at its broadest point near the equator.
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- Atlantic Ocean - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Pacific Ocean - correct answer.
- Indian Ocean - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Arctic Ocean - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Pacific Ocean is the one to remember. The Pacific Ocean covers approximately 63 million square miles — more than all of Earth's landmass put together. The Pacific Ocean is so vast that it contains more than twice the area of the Atlantic Ocean, and its deepest point — the Mariana Trench — plunges nearly 36,000 feet below the surface.
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Sources: NOAA Ocean Service