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Arctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
Gulf of
Alaska
Gulf of
Mexico
Caribb
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Hudson
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Southeast
Pacific Basin
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Guatemala
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Basin
Gallego Rise
Cascadia
Basin
Bellings
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Ch
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Drake^ P
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Tren
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Isla San Ambrosio
(to Chile)
Isla San Félix
(to Chile)
Sala y Gomez
(to Chile)
Tahiti
Easter Island
(to Chile)
Kiritimati
(Christmas Island)
Galapagos Islands
(to Ecuador)
Marquesas
Islands
Islas Juan Fernández
(to Chile)
Îles Gambier
Îles
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Limit of winter pack^ ice
Limit^ of^ summer^ pack
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Pitcairn Islands
(to UK)
Peter I Island
(to Norway)
Palmyra
Atoll (to US)
Clipperton Island
(to France)
Hawaiian Islands
(to US)
French
Polynesia
(to France)
NORTH
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
Pacific giant kelp can grow up to 18 inches (45 cm)
a day, and may eventually reach up to 200 ft (60 m),
or 34 times the height of the average man.
The Pacific Equatorial
Counter Current flows
eastward toward South
America, carrying up
to 40 million tons
(tonnes) of warm water
with it every second.
Vancouver
San Francisco
Panama City
Callao
Valparaiso
Anchorage
Long Beach
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