Pacific Ocean both the Water Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere are in the Pacific Ocean. The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands, while straddling the equator, are deemed wholly within the South Pacific. Its mean depth is . The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the world, reaching a depth of . The western Pacific has many peripheral seas. Though the peoples of Asia and Oceania have traveled the Pacific Ocean since prehistoric times, the eastern Pacific was first sighted by Europeans
World Ocean Circulation Experiment follows. Major elements of the WOCE Field Program This list, though not comprehensive, outlines a sampling of the most highly cited articles and books resulting from the WOCE. A. Ganachaud & C. Wunsch Eds. Gerold Siedler, John Gould & John Church D. Stammer, C. Wunsch, R. Giering, C. Eckert, P. Heimbach, J. Marotzke, A. Adcroft, C. N. Hill, J. Marshall A. Ganachaud A. Ganachaud, Carl Wunsch S. E. Wijffels, J. M. Toole, R. Davis World Ocean Circulation Experiment The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a component of the international World Climate Research Program, and aimed to establish the role