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 matching figures; multiple independent sources corroborate the comparison to total landmass.
Sources
- The Pacific Ocean—facts and information (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/pacific-size/ (oceanexplorer.noaa.gov)
- https://brilliantmaps.com/the-pacific-ocean-is-larger-than-all-land-on-earth/ (brilliantmaps.com)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_fisheries (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/ThesaurusTerm/106961 (heritage.suffolk.gov.uk)