Great Pacific Garbage Patch

English

Etymology

great (“large in terms of size or importance”) +‎ Pacific (“relating to the Pacific Ocean”) +‎ garbage patch (“gyre of marine debris”)

Proper noun

the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

1. (oceanography) A large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific, the largest garbage patch in the world.

   Synonyms: Pacific Trash Vortex, North Pacific Garbage Patch

Derived terms

• GPGP (abbreviation)

Translations

large Pacific trash gyre

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太平洋垃圾帶 / 太平洋垃圾带 (Tàipíngyáng Lājīdài)

See also

• Great Pacific Garbage Patch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Great Pacific Garbage Patch on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons