美国是世界上的海洋先进国家之一。它的西海岸濒临广阔的太平洋,居于太平洋之中的夏威夷群岛是美国的一个州,同时还有许多美属太平洋岛屿。长期以来,美国为了自身的利益,充分利用其先进的科学技术和较充足的资金,对太平洋海底进行了大量的调查研究及开发工作,使得它成为当今世界上对太平洋海底状况了解最多的一个国家。 The United States is one of the world’s advanced countries in the oceans. Its west coast is on the brink of the Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands, which live in the Pacific Ocean, are part of the United States, along with many American Pacific islands. For a long time, the United States has, for its own interests, made full use of its advanced science and technology and adequate funds to carry out extensive investigations and studies on the Pacific Ocean seabed, making it the country with the most knowledge of the status of the Pacific Ocean under the ocean .