The Pacific Ocean is a body of water (of immense size and power). Its name, however, does not reflect the incredible size and force of this huge body of water. In size, the Pacific Ocean is unequaled. The ocean covers an area (of 64 million miles) and is by far the largest of the world’s oceans. It covers a third of the surface of the Earth, it is double the size of the Atlantic, and it contains more water / than all of the world’s other oceans combined. As a force of nature, the Pacific Ocean can be very powerful indeed. The westerly winds produce areas (of stormy precipitation) in some parts of the ocean. Tropical cyclones, with winds [that can be as high as 200 miles, or 300 kilometers, per hour], produce much of the rainfall in the Pacific and can cause an extreme amount of damage. In view of(=In terms of ~의 관점/견지에서) the extreme size and power of the Pacific, the name [that it carries] is unexpected. The Pacific Ocean was given its name / by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who sailed around the world in the early sixteen century. The word “pacific” actually means “peaceful.” Magellan named this giant of an ocean the Pacific / because he found its waters (to be) so much more peaceful / than the rough and stormy waters of the southern Atlantic [that he had crossed earlier in his voyage].
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