South Pacific Ocean

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ocean region part of the Pacific Ocean

The South Pacific Ocean is the vast southern portion of the Pacific, encompassing numerous island nations and territories and known for its remote archipelagos, rich marine biodiversity, and significant climatic influence.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pacific Ocean region	3
Pacific	1
South Pacific Ocean region	1
South Sea	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ocean region ⓘ part of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
borders	Antarctica ⓘ Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ South America ⓘ
contains	Cook Islands ⓘ Coral Sea ⓘ Easter Island ⓘ Fiji ⓘ Fiji Basin ⓘ French Polynesia ⓘ Galápagos Islands ⓘ Kermadec Trench ⓘ Melanesia ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ Atacama Trench ⓘ surface form: Peru–Chile Trench Pitcairn Islands ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ Samoa ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ Fiji Basin ⓘ surface form: South Fiji Basin South Pacific Convergence Zone ⓘ South Pacific Gyre ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ Tonga ⓘ Tonga Trench ⓘ Vanuatu ⓘ parts of Micronesia ⓘ
extendsTo	equator ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	large oligotrophic gyre region ⓘ many remote archipelagos ⓘ numerous coral reefs ⓘ rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fisheries ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue	coral bleaching ⓘ marine plastic pollution ⓘ overfishing ⓘ
influences	El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ South Pacific climate patterns ⓘ global climate ⓘ tropical cyclone formation in the South Pacific ⓘ
isImportantFor	global carbon cycle ⓘ migratory marine species ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Western Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
traversedBy	Antarctic Circumpolar Current ⓘ East Australian Current ⓘ Humboldt Current ⓘ surface form: Peru Current South Equatorial Current ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

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

Roca Norte → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Rose Atoll → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Russell Islands → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Samoa → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Santa Isabel Island → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Solomon Islands → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

South Island → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

South Pacific Gyre → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Southeastern Solomon Islands → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tafuna → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Pacific Ocean region

Tahiti → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tasman Sea → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Taʻū → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tokelau → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tonga → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tutuila → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

U.S. Coast Guard facilities in Pago Pago Harbor → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Vanua Levu → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Vanuatu → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Vanuatu languages → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Viti Levu → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Wallis and Futuna → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

government of American Samoa → locatedIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Piumafua → locatedInBodyOfWater → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Port of Suva → locatedInBodyOfWater → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Savo Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Sili village → locatedInOcean → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Fagatogo → locatedInOceanRegion → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

EAC → locatedInRegion → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: East Australian Current

Olosega → locatedInSea → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Batemans Bay → locatedOn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Port of Lautoka → locatedOnBodyOfWater → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands → location → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

River Derwent → mouthOpensInto → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

subject surface form: River Derwent (Tasmania)

Habitat for Humanity International → operatesIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific

Royal New Zealand Navy → operatesIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Calvary Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva Oa → overlooks → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Cook Strait → partOf → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Hauraki Gulf → partOf → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Niue Time → region → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

The Ditch → region → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Tongans → region → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits → regionCovered → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Sea

ASM → representsRegion → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Niue Time → seaArea → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Mir program → spaceStationDeorbitLocation → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

Ellicean languages → spokenIn → South Pacific Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean region