Pacific Ocean Asia) is in the Eastern Hemisphere, while the "East Pacific" (or "eastern Pacific", near the Americas) is in the Western Hemisphere. The Southern Pacific Ocean harbors the Southeast Indian Ridge crossing from south of Australia turning into the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (north of the South Pole) and merges with another ridge (south of South America) to form the East Pacific Rise which also connects with another ridge (south of North America) which overlooks the Juan de Fuca Ridge. For most of Magellan's voyage from the Strait of Magellan to the Philippines, the explorer indeed found the ocean peaceful. However, the Pacific
Ethnic groups in the Philippines culture and language. In the late 19th century. The Philippines has over 180 indigenous ethnic groups, over half of which represent unique linguistic groups. There are more than 100 highland, lowland, and coastland tribal groups in the Philippines. These include: The Philippines consists of a wide number of settlers that form part of the national population. They immigrated or descended from various countries, most notably Japan, Spain, China, India, and the United States. Ethnic groups in the Philippines The Philippines is inhabited by more than 175 ethnolinguistic nations, the majority of whose languages are Austronesian in origin, then Han Chinese,