North Pacific

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
NP
Pronunciation
/nɔrθ pəˈsɪfɪk/
Category
Regional
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. The Aleutian chain is a long arc of islands in the North Pacific(NP).
  2. Part of the North Pacific(NP) between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.
  3. An archipelago in the North Pacific(NP) extending southwestern from Alaska.
  4. Large edible crab of North Pacific(NP) waters esp. along the coasts of Alaska and Japan.
  5. The largest of the world's oceans, divided into the North Pacific(NP) and the South Pacific It extends from the western Americas to eastern Asia and Australia.

Other meanings of NP