Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Summary

Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an ocean gyre^[1]. It draws 1,493 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_gyre category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• Great Pacific Garbage Patch is on the body of water North Pacific Ocean^[3].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's image is recorded as North Pacific Gyre.png^[4].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's instance of is recorded as ocean gyre^[5].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's instance of is recorded as marine garbage patch^[6].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's made from material is recorded as waste^[7].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's made from material is recorded as plastic waste^[8].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's locator map image is recorded as Pacific-garbage-patch-map 2010 noaamdp.jpg^[9].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's Commons category is recorded as Great Pacific Garbage Patch^[10].
• +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Great Pacific Garbage Patch^[11].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38, 'lon': -145}^[12].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w96lf^[13].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's located in/on physical feature is recorded as North Pacific Gyre^[14].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/^[15].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.0000'}^[16].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+542'}^[17].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 77867282^[18].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as great-pacific-garbage-patch^[19].
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 태평양 거대 쓰레기 지대^[20].

Body

Geography

Great Pacific Garbage Patch is on the body of water North Pacific Ocean^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.0000'}^[16] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+542'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ocean gyre^[5] and marine garbage patch^[6].

History and Context

+1980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Great Pacific Garbage Patch^[11].

Why It Matters

Great Pacific Garbage Patch draws 1,493 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_gyre category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]