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southwest Pacific Ocean

E36634

marine ecoregion ocean region

The southwest Pacific Ocean is the region of the Pacific encompassing the waters around eastern Australia, New Zealand, and numerous Melanesian and Polynesian islands.

Aliases (7)

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marine ecoregion → ocean region →
adjacentTo	Chatham Islands → Coral Sea Islands Territory → Great Barrier Reef → Kermadec Islands → Lord Howe Island → New Zealand subantarctic islands → Norfolk Island →
affectedBy	El Niño–Southern Oscillation → La Niña →
borders	Cook Islands → Fiji → French Polynesia → New Caledonia → New Zealand → Niue → Papua New Guinea → Samoa → Solomon Islands → Tasmania → Tonga → Vanuatu → eastern Australia →
contains	Campbell Plateau → Challenger Plateau → Chatham Rise → Coral Sea → Fiji Basin → Havre Trough → Kermadec Ridge → Kermadec Trench → Koro Sea → Lau Basin → Lord Howe Rise → Loyalty Ridge → New Caledonia Basin → New Hebrides Trench → Norfolk Ridge → Ontong Java Plateau → South Fiji Basin → South Fiji Ridge → Tasman Sea → Tonga Trench →
hasClimate	subtropical climate → temperate climate → tropical climate →
hasEcosystemType	coral reef ecosystem → deep-sea trench ecosystem → open ocean pelagic ecosystem → seamount ecosystem →
hasLegalFramework	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea →
hasRegionalOrganization	Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency → Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme → Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission →
importantFor	coastal artisanal fisheries → pelagic longline fisheries → seabird foraging areas → tuna fisheries → whale migration routes →
influencedBy	Antarctic Circumpolar Current → East Auckland Current → East Australian Current → South Equatorial Current → South Pacific Gyre →
locatedInTheRegion	Southern Hemisphere → Western Pacific →
partOf	Pacific Ocean →
threatenedBy	climate change → coral bleaching → marine pollution → ocean acidification → overfishing →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Admiralty Islands ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → Cook Strait ("South Pacific region") → Kermadec Islands ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → Lord Howe Island ("southwestern Pacific Ocean") → Melanesia ("southwestern Pacific Ocean") → Melanesians ("southwestern Pacific Ocean") → New Britain ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → New Caledonia ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → New Guinea ("Southwestern Pacific Ocean") → New Ireland ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → Rabaul ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → Sandfly Island ("Southwestern Pacific Ocean") → Tonga Trench ("southwestern Pacific Ocean") → Tonga-Kermadec subduction system → Tonga–Kermadec Arc →	locatedIn
Horizon Deep → Marion Reef ("Southwest Pacific") → Pacific theater commands ("Southwest Pacific") →	region
Honiara ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → Savo Sound ("Southwest Pacific") →	locatedInRegion
Solomon Sea ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") → Tasman Basin ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") →	partOf
Shigeyoshi Inoue ("Southwest Pacific") → South West Pacific Area ("Southwest Pacific") →	theaterOfOperations
WMO regional associations ("South-West Pacific") →	appliesToJurisdiction
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ("Southwest Pacific") →	arealFeature
Armed Forces of New Zealand ("South Pacific region") →	areaOfOperations
Nggela Sule →	hasRelativeLocation
Cartwheel ("Southwest Pacific") →	location
Tonga Trench ("Southwest Pacific Basin") →	oceanBasin
Southeastern Solomon Islands ("Southwest Pacific") →	seaArea
Japanese cruiser Kako ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") →	sinkingLocation
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ("Southwest Pacific Ocean") →	spokenIn