Sentence examples for ocean west from inspiring English sources

-Why is the ocean west of Sumatra and the island chains to its north in Indonesia a "hot zone" for earthquakes?

The disappearance of the Boeing 777 with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board led to a search effort stretching from the Indian Ocean west of Australia to Central Asia.

Several dozen boats are known to have sunk there or in neighboring atolls, all of which are now part of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, an enormous conservation area that covers nearly 140,000 square miles of ocean west of Hawaii.

There are few smells on its beaches, and few birds, and its depths are on their way to being empty; much of the fish now consumed in Europe comes illegally, no questions asked, from the ocean west of Africa.

In winter the air over the ocean west of Norway is more than 40° F (22° C) warmer than the average for that latitude, one of the greatest temperature anomalies in the world.

Yet the search conducted by the robot submarine or autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), Bluefin-21, has taken over a month to cover around 850 sq km of the ocean west of Perth.

West Sonoma Coast vineyard looking toward the ocean (courtesy West of West Festival).

Second, the so-called trade winds that normally keep the ocean waters west of Peru cool -- by pushing warm water farther west toward Indonesia -- are weakening.

While the waters of the Atlantic ocean around West Africa are one of the world's richest fishing grounds, income is declining.

First, ocean temperatures west of Peru are continuing to climb, reaching their highest level so far this year.

It has not been found, but the search has been concentrated in the Indian Ocean far west of Australia.