3,000 miles
3,000 km
Pacific
Ocean
Eastern
garbage
patch
Western
garbage
patch
3,000 miles
3,000 km
South
Equatorial
Equatorial
Countercurrent
Kuroshio
N Pacific
Australia
China
Eastern
garbage patch
or North Pacific
Subtropical High
Western garbage
patch or
Recirculation Gyre
3,000 miles
3,000 km
South
Equatorial
Equatorial
Countercurrent
North Equatorial
Kuroshio
North Pacific
Pacific
Ocean
Australia
China
US
Eastern
garbage
patch or
North Pacific
Subtropical High
Western garbage
patch or
Recirculation Gyre
3,000 miles
3,000 km
South
Equatorial
Equatorial
Countercurrent
North Equatorial
Alaska
Kuroshio
North Pacific
Pacific
Ocean
Australia
China
US
Eastern
garbage
patch or
North Pacific
Subtropical High
Western garbage
patch or
Recirculation Gyre