South Sea
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South Sea, South Seas or Southsea may refer to:
Bodies of water
[edit]- Pacific Ocean, originally named by European explorers Mar del Sur, or South Sea
- South Seas, a common name for the South Pacific
- The Southern Sea, an alternate name for the Gulf of Mexico, particularly during the Mexican-American War
- Southern Ocean or the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean
- South China Sea, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan
- Namhae (sea) or South Sea, Korean name for body of water where the Yellow Sea meets Sea of Japan
- Zuiderzee or Southern Sea, a reclaimed bay of the North Sea, now IJsselmeer, Netherlands
- Red Sea, also known as Southern Sea in the ancient Mediterranean world
- English Channel, called the South Sea by the early Anglo-Saxons
Geographic regions and populated places
[edit]- Oceania, Australia and the islands east of Australia
- Nanyang (region), Chinese name for the geographical region south of China, particularly Southeast Asia
- Polynesia, also called the South Sea Islands
- South Seas Mandate, territories assigned to Japan by the League of Nations after World War I
- Southsea, a seaside resort in Portsmouth, England, UK
- Southsea, Wrexham, village in Wrexham, Wales, UK
Arts
[edit]- South Seas (genre), a genre of literature and films taking place in Oceania or Pacific Islands
- The South Seas (novel), a 1979 Spanish novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Other
[edit]- South Sea Roller Derby, an Australian roller derby league
- PS Southsea (1930), passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1930
- Mare Australe or Southern Sea, lunar mare in the southeastern hemisphere of the Moon
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with South Sea
- All pages with titles containing South Sea
- North Sea (disambiguation)
- East Sea (disambiguation)
- West Sea (disambiguation)
- 南海 (disambiguation):
- Nanhai (disambiguation), meaning South Sea in Chinese
- Nankai (disambiguation), meaning South Sea in Japanese
- Namhae (disambiguation), meaning South Sea in Korean
- Southern Seas (disambiguation)
- Mar del Sur (disambiguation)