Pacific Rim

For Pacific earthquake and volcanic activity, see Ring of Fire. For the film, see Pacific Rim (film). For other uses, see Pacific Rim (disambiguation).

Countries in blue border the Pacific Rim.

The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean.^[1] The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geological Pacific Ring of Fire.

List of countries on the Pacific Rim

This is a list of countries that are generally considered to be a part of the Pacific Rim, since they lie along the Pacific Ocean.^[2] Arranging from north to south, west to east in directional order.

East Asia Russian Federation[3]  Japan  North Korea  South Korea  China  Hong Kong  Macau  Taiwan Southeast Asia  Vietnam  Cambodia  Thailand  Malaysia  Singapore  Brunei  Indonesia  Philippines  Timor-Leste

Oceania (Sovereign states)  Australia  Palau  Federated States of Micronesia  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Nauru  Marshall Islands  Vanuatu  New Zealand  Tuvalu  Fiji  Kiribati  Tonga  Samoa  Niue  Cook Islands

Oceania (Dependent territories) External territory of Australia  Norfolk Island Realm of New Zealand  Tokelau French overseas collectivities  New Caledonia  Wallis and Futuna  French Polynesia British Overseas Territory  Pitcairn Islands United States insular areas  Northern Mariana Islands  Guam  American Samoa United States  Hawaii Insular Chile  Easter Island

North America  Canada  United States  Mexico Central America  Guatemala  El Salvador  Honduras  Nicaragua  Costa Rica  Panama South America  Colombia  Ecuador  Peru  Chile

Commerce

The Pacific has much international shipping. The top 10 busiest container ports, with the exception of Dubai's Port of Jebel Ali (9th), are in the Rim nations. They are home to 29 of the world's 50 busiest container shipping ports:

South Korea Busan (5th)  Japan Yokohama (36th) Tokyo (25th) Nagoya (47th) Kobe (49th)  Taiwan Kaohsiung (12th)  Hong Kong Hong Kong (3rd)

China Shanghai (1st) Shenzhen (4th) Ningbo (6th) Guangzhou (7th) Qingdao (8th) Tianjin (10th) Xiamen (19th) Dalian (21st) Lianyungang (30th) Yingkou (34th)

Philippines Manila (37th)  Vietnam Saigon (28th)  Thailand Laem Chabang (22nd)  Malaysia Port Klang (13th) Tanjung Pelepas (16th)  Singapore Singapore (2nd)

Indonesia Jakarta (24th) Surabaya (38th)  Canada Vancouver (50th)  United States Los Angeles (17th) Long Beach (18th) Seattle/Tacoma (48th)  Panama Balboa (43rd)

Organizations

Various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations focus on the Pacific Rim, including APEC, the East-West Center, Sustainable Pacific Rim Cities,^[4] the Pacific Basin Institute, and the Institute of Asian Research. In addition, the RIMPAC naval exercises are coordinated by United States Pacific Command.

See also

• Pacific Asia, the Asian portion of the Pacific Rim
• Pacific Century
• Pacific coast

Bibliography

• Clausen, A. W. The Pacific Asian Countries: A Force For Growth in the Global Economy. Los Angeles: World Affairs Council, 1984. ED 244 852.
• Cleveland, Harlan. The Future of the Pacific Basin: A Keynote Address. New Zealand: Conference on New Zealand's Prospects in the Pacific Region, 1983.
• Gibney, Frank B., Ed. Whole Pacific Catalog. Los Angeles, CA: 1981.
• "The Pacific Basin Alliances, Trade and Bases." GREAT DECISIONS 1987. New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1987. ED 283 743.
• Palin, Michael (1997). Full Circle. BBC Books. ISBN 0-563-37121-8.. A travelogue of a complete journey around the Pacific Rim accompanying the 1997 TV series Full Circle with Michael Palin.
• Rogers, Theodore S., and Robert L. Snakenber. "Language Studies in the Schools: A Pacific Prospect." EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 21 (1982): 12–15.
• Wedemeyer, Dan J., and Anthony J. Pennings, Eds. Telecommunications—Asia, Americas, Pacific: PTC 86. "Evolution of the Digital Pacific." Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Telecommunications Council: Honolulu, Hawaii, 1986. ED 272 147.
• West, Philip, and Thomas Jackson. The Pacific Rim and the Bottom Line. Bloomington, Indiana, 1987.

References

1. Wojtan, Linda S. (December 1987). "Teaching about the Pacific Rim. ERIC Digest No. 43". ERIC. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
2. "Countries of the Pacific Rim". About.com. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
3. Only the Russian Far East, which is partly located on the Pacific Rim
4. "Sustainable Pacific Rim Cities". www.sustainablepacific.org. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

Sources

• Phillips, Douglas A. and Steven C. Levi. The Pacific Rim Region: Emerging Giant. Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1988. ISBN 0-89490-191-5