By the sixteenth century, the Incas of South America ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from what is now Ecuador to central Chile.

到了16世纪，南美洲的印加人统治着一个帝国，它沿着太平洋海岸和安第斯高地，从现在的厄瓜多尔一直延伸到智利中部。

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Along with the western coast of North and South America, Central America lies on the Ring of Fire, a seismically active loop that encircles the Pacific Ocean.

沿着北美和南美的西部海岸，中美洲位于环绕太平洋地震活跃圈的火山带上。

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The Qing Empire, ruled by the Tungusic Manchus, was a vast area stretching from the Pacific coast of Siberia to the oases of Central Asia.

满洲人所统治的清帝国，是一个从太平洋沿岸的西伯利亚延伸至中亚的宽广地域。

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Japanese officials hope the achievement, in a test conducted off Japan's central Pacific coast, will win their resource-poor nation a measure of energy independence.

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Tropical storm warnings were in effect for the Pacific coast of Central America from Costa Rica to El Salvador.

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Running along a thin strip of land between the Central Mountains and the Pacific, Taiwan's East Coast Highway is easily one of East Asia's most beautiful spots for cycling.

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