What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

Why this is the answer

The Pacific Ocean is on the West Coast. It is the largest ocean on Earth and covers about a third of the planet's surface, and it matters to the U.S. economy for its natural resources, fish among them. The name is a small joke of history: Magellan called it the peaceful sea because he met no storms crossing it from Spain on his search for spices, and Pacific means peaceful. Europeans first learned of it in the sixteenth century, when the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached it in 1514 after crossing the Isthmus of Panama. The states that border it are Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. Memory hook: Pacific means peaceful, and it is on the side where the sun sets.