South Pacific
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The South Pacific is an area in the southern Pacific Ocean. The term may refer to:
- Australasia, an area including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and other islands including the eastern part of Indonesia
- Oceania, a geographical (often geopolitical) region of many countries/territories (mostly islands) in the southern Pacific Ocean
- strictly taken, that part of the Pacific Ocean area south of the equator bordered by Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the 60th south latitude, the west coast of South America and the equator. South of the 60° latitude, it is part of the Southern Ocean.
South Pacific may also refer to:
- South Pacific (musical), a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
- South Pacific (1958 film), a film adaptation of the musical
- South Pacific (2001 film), a television production of musical
- South Pacific (song), a song by The Verve from their Voyager 1 album.
- Southpacific, a post-rock band
- South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
- South Pacific Commission, former name of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community
- South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists, one of the 13 world divisions of the church
- South Pacific Television, New Zealand
- South Pacific Tourism Organisation, an intergovernmental body for the tourism sector in the South Pacific
- South Pacific Trade Commission, the former name of the Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission
- University of the South Pacific, with campuses on Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other centres
- "South Pacific Area", one of three Pacific Ocean Areas in World War II
- South West Pacific Area, a military command/theatre of World War II
- South East Pacific Area, a military command/theatre of World War II
- South Pacific Programme of the World Wild Fund for Nature
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