From Hawaii Pacific
University’s website:
"The oceans cover 71%
of the Earth’s surface
and contain 97%
of the Earth’s water.
Less than 1% of the
Earth’s water
is fresh water,
and 2-3% is contained
in glaciers and ice caps."
"Atlantic Ocean Facts:
Proportion of
world ocean:
28%
Average depth:
12,254 feet
(3,872 m)
Deepest point:
28,374 feet
(8,648 m)
in the Puerto
Rico Trench."
Pacific Ocean Facts:
Proportion of
world ocean:
48%
Average depth:
13,740 feet
(4,188 m)
Deepest point:
36,200 feet
(11,033 m)
in the Mariana Trench."
"The Pacific is the largest ocean.
This body of water could hold
all the continents and
almost all the other oceans.
It spreads nearly half way
around the world, from
Asia east to the Americas,
and from Antarctica north
almost to the Arctic.
The Pacific is also
the deepest ocean.
The world’s
highest peak,
Mount Everest,
would disappear
if dropped into the
Pacific’s Philippine Trench,
which is 32,995 feet deep."