The Pacific reaches its greatest east-west width at about 5°N latitude, where it stretches approximately 19,800 kilometres (12,300 mi) from Indonesia to the coast of Colombia and Peru. The western limit of the ocean is often placed at the Strait of Malacca.
More information about location, water charecteristics, geology, land masses, history and economy, major ports and harbours etc. can be found at :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean
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