South Pacific
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The South Pacific is an area in the southern Pacific Ocean. The term may refer to:
- Australasia, the area that includes Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the many smaller islands in the vicinity, most of which are the eastern part of Indonesia
- Oceania, a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories—mostly islands—in the southern Pacific Ocean
Strictly taken it is the 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 called the Southern Ocean.
[edit] Organisations
- "South Pacific Trade Commission", former name of the Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission, an organization set up to contribute to the sustainable economic advancement of the Pacific Islands Forum countries by promoting trade and investment with Australia
- South Pacific Commission, former name of the Secretariat of the PacificCommunity
- South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
- South Pacific Television, New Zealand
- South Pacific Tourism Organisation, an intergovernmental body for the tourism sector in the South Pacific
- University of the South Pacific, with campuses on Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu and other centres
- "South Pacific Programme" of the World Wildlife Fund
- Solidarity South Pacific, an environmental solidarity organization that seeks to unite environmental causes across the South Pacific
- South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society, an organization dedicated to all aspects of underwater and hyperbaric medicine
[edit] Other uses
- South Pacific (musical), the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
- Southpacific, a post-rock band
- South Pacific (song), a song by The Verve from their Voyager 1 album.
- "South Pacific Area", one of the three Pacific Ocean Areas in the 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
