The map held a view of the entire Pacific basin.

That the Pacific basin seems increasingly the capital of our future has almost become a commonplace.

But to set up beyond the Pacific basin, their tiny cabal would need help.

No new names were used for the first time in the Pacific Basin.

"The Pacific Basin is going to be a scene of great growth," he said.

During the 1998 season, a total of 27 tropical depressions developed across the western Pacific basin.

There are thought to be an estimated 2,000 seamounts in the Pacific basin.

That creates a power vacuum in the Pacific basin.

The wave crossed into the Pacific basin on September 21 with no signs of development.

There is a growing recognition that the Pacific Basin may become the center of economic gravity in the 21st century (only 12 years away).