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North Pacific Ocean An ocean north of the equator between the eastern coast of Asia and the western coasts of the Americas, extending northward to the arctic region, with principal arms including the Gulf of Alaska, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan and the Bering, Yellow, East China, South China and Philippine seas, and islands including the Aleutian, Midway, Marshall and Hawaiian islands, the Japanese island arc and the Malay Archipelago (亚洲东海岸和美洲西海岸之间的赤道以北的海洋，向北扩展到北极地区，其主要延伸部分包括阿拉斯加湾、鄂霍次克海、日本海、白令海、黄海、华东、华南、菲律宾海域及包括阿留申群岛、中途岛、马歇尔和夏威夷群岛、日本岛弧及马来群岛等岛屿。) |
