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Note Pacific Ocean, in 6 editions.
The entry for Pacific Ocean published Note in 6 editions of 36, from 1990 to 1995. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
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- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 1995
Published as “Note” (1990 to 1995).
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1995 edition
Changed since 1994The same text in 1990 and 1991.
- the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait;
- the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean;
- ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May and in extreme south from May to October;
- persistent fog in the northern Pacific from June to December is a hazard to shipping;
- surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the Pacific Ring of Fire
the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May and in extreme south from May to October; persistent fog in the northern Pacific from June to December is a hazard to shipping; surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the Pacific Ring of Fire
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
- the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait;
- the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean;
- ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May and in extreme south from May to October;
- persistent fog in the northern Pacific from June to December is a hazard to shipping;
- surrounded by a zone of violent volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the Pacific Ring of Fire
the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait,
and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the
North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; ships subject to
superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May and in extreme
south from May to October; persistent fog in the northern Pacific from June
to December is a hazard to shipping; surrounded by a zone of violent
volcanic and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as the Pacific Ring
of Fire
- the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait;
- the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean;
- ships subject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May and in extreme south from May to October;
- persistent fog in the northern Pacific from June to December is a hazard to shipping;
- dotted with low coral islands and rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait,
Strait, and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific
Ocean into the
subject to
and in extreme
northern Pacific from Junesurrounded by a zone of violent dottedvolcanic with low coral islands and earthquake activity sometimes referred to as rugged volcanic islands in the Pacific Ring southwesternof Fire Pacific Ocean
- the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait;
- the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean;
- dotted with low coral islands and rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
the major choke points are the Bering Strait, Panama Canal, Luzon
Luzon Strait, and the Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific
Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; shipssubject to superstructure icing in extreme north from October to May Ocean; dotted
and in extreme south from May to October; persistent fog in the
northern Pacific from June to December is a hazard to shipping;
the southwestern
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Pacific Ocean: Note.” The World Factbook, 1990–1995 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/pacific-ocean/note.