The Pacific Ocean spans 60 million square miles, making it larger than all of Earth's landmasses combined.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NOAA and Wikipedia with consistent figures; minor variation in exact numbers due to rounding conventions, but core claim solidly supported. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Pacific Ocean—facts and information (seed:science_and_space)
- https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/pacific-size/ (corroboration)
- https://brilliantmaps.com/the-pacific-ocean-is-larger-than-all-land-on-earth/ (corroboration)