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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Southwest Pacific Ocean	42
Southwest Pacific	30
Southwestern Pacific Ocean	12
southwest Pacific Ocean canonical	9
southwestern Pacific Ocean	9
Southwestern Pacific	3
South Pacific region	2
South-West Pacific	2
Pacific Ocean (via Pumicestone Passage)	1
South Pacific and Australian region	1
Southwest Pacific Basin	1
Southwest Pacific region	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marine ecoregion ⓘ ocean region ⓘ
adjacentTo	Chatham Islands ⓘ Chesterfield Islands ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Tonga–Kermadec Arc ⓘ surface form: Kermadec Ridge Kermadec Trench ⓘ Koro Sea ⓘ Lau Basin ⓘ Lord Howe Rise ⓘ Loyalty Ridge ⓘ New Caledonia Basin ⓘ New Hebrides Trench ⓘ Norfolk Ridge ⓘ Ontong Java Plateau ⓘ Fiji Basin ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Pacific Regional Environment Programme ⓘ surface form: 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 Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ coral bleaching ⓘ marine pollution ⓘ ocean acidification ⓘ overfishing ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nggela Sule → hasRelativeLocation → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Horizon Deep (regionally associated in Tonga-Kermadec system, sometimes compared) → region → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: Horizon Deep

South West Pacific Area → theaterOfOperations → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Tonga Trench → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Tonga Trench → oceanBasin → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Basin

Honiara → locatedInRegion → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Melanesia → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Southeastern Solomon Islands → seaArea → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Pacific theater commands → region → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

New Guinea → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean

New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → spokenIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

New Caledonian–Loyalty languages → arealFeature → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Solomon Sea → partOf → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

WMO regional associations → appliesToJurisdiction → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South-West Pacific

New Caledonia → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Sandfly Island → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean

Armed Forces of New Zealand → areaOfOperations → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific region

Lord Howe Island → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Tonga–Kermadec Arc → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tonga-Kermadec subduction system → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Savo Sound → locatedInRegion → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Admiralty Islands → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Kermadec Islands → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Shigeyoshi Inoue → theaterOfOperations → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

New Britain → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

New Ireland → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Marion Reef → region → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Cartwheel → location → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

Rabaul → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Japanese cruiser Kako → sinkingLocation → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Tasman Basin → partOf → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Cook Strait → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific region

Melanesians → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Lord Howe Rise → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean

Chesterfield Islands → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Australasian Mediterranean Sea → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean

New Zealand (until creation of VC for New Zealand and then in its own form) → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: New Zealand

this entity surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean

New Georgia languages → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Anuta → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Southern Oceanic languages → geographicDistribution → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Bagana → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Mount Balbi → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy → regionServed → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific

New Britain Trench → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Fiji Basin → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Pacific Ocean

Lau Basin → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Havre Trough → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

South Fiji Ridge → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Challenger Plateau → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean

Loyalty Ridge → locatedIn → southwest Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Pacific Ocean