Pacific (disambiguation)

Pacific may refer to:

Geography

• The Pacific Ocean, largest ocean in the world
  • Pacific Rim, political and economic term used to designate the countries on the edges of the Pacific Ocean as well as the various island nations within the region
  • Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic tectonic plates
  • Pacific-Kula Ridge, former oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Kula tectonic plates
  • Pacific-Farallon Ridge, former oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Farallon tectonic plates
• Pacific, California, community in El Dorado County
• Pacific, Missouri, place in the United States
• Pacific County, Washington
• Pacific, Washington, city in King County, Washington
• Pacific Highway (disambiguation), any one of several highways around the world
• Pacific Time Zone

History

• Pacific War, the part of World War II — and preceding conflicts — that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, from 1937 to 1945
• Pacific Theater of Operations, the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it during World War II
• Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, one of four major theaters of the Pacific War, between 1941 and 1945
• Pacific Ocean Areas (command), the major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
• War of the Pacific, fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru, from 1879 to 1884

Entertainment

• The Pacific (TV miniseries), an HBO TV miniseries about the US involvement in the Pacific during World War II
• Pacific 231, an orchestral work written by Arthur Honegger in 1923
• Pacific Theatres, a movie theater chain in southern California
• Pacific TV, an Indonesian television station

Record labels

• Pacific Records
• Pacific Front Recordings
• Pacific Jazz Records

Companies

• Pacific Air Lines, a defunct airline
• Pacific Airlines, an airline based in Vietnam
• Air Pacific, a Fijian airline
• Cathay Pacific, a Hong Kong airline
• Pacific Truck & Trailer, a Canadian heavy truck maker
• COSCO Pacific, a Chinese port operator
• Georgia-Pacific, an American pulp and paper company
• Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, a Hong Kong shipping company
• Pacific Investment Management, an investment company
• Union Pacific a railroad network in the United States

Ships

• Pacific (ship), a cruise ship
• SS Pacific (1849), a transatlantic sidewheel steamer of the Collins Line that sank off the coast of Wales in 1856
• SS Pacific, an ocean liner that sank off the coast of Washington State in 1875
• Pacific class patrol boat, a class of 22 patrol boats built by Australia and donated to twelve South Pacific countries

Schools

• University of the Pacific (United States), a private university in California
• Pacific University, a private college in Oregon

Sports

• Pacific Racing, an extinct Formula 1 team
• Pacific Grand Prix, former Formula 1 race in Japan

Other

• Pacific, a name often given to steam locomotives of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement

See also

• all articles starting with "Pacific"