South Pacific Ocean

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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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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

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Flag of Pitcairn Islands geographicRegion South Pacific Ocean
Fitiuta Airport nearbyWaterBody South Pacific Ocean
1642–1643 Pacific voyage destination South Pacific Ocean
Zeehaen visitedRegion South Pacific Ocean
Willis Island locatedInOcean South Pacific Ocean
Mamanuca Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Marquesas Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Reef Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Temotu Province locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Lata Mountain locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Mir reentryLocation South Pacific Ocean
Province Sud administration locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
New Caledonia Barrier Reef locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Nouméa municipal council locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Fitiuta locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion South Pacific Ocean
Manuʻa Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Treaty of Rarotonga regionCovered South Pacific Ocean
Nendo Island oceanRegion South Pacific Ocean
Choiseul region locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Choiseul Region
Western Province of Solomon Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Western Province (Solomon Islands)
Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe theaterOfOperations South Pacific Ocean
subject surface form: Hiroaki Abe
Grande Terre locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Nukuʻalofa locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Clutha River / Mata-Au flowsInto South Pacific Ocean
Taulaga locatedInSeaArea South Pacific Ocean
Shoal Bay waterBody South Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: South Pacific Ocean via Port Stephens
Jennings family regionOfProperty South Pacific Ocean
Nggela (Florida) Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Society Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Tuamotu Archipelago locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Gambier Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Torres Strait partOf South Pacific Ocean
Upolu locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Upolu hasCoastlineOn South Pacific Ocean
Austral Islands locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
East Futunan language region South Pacific Ocean
West Futunan language region South Pacific Ocean
Olohega locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Tassafaronga ocean South Pacific Ocean
John Williams Wilson placeOfActivity South Pacific Ocean
this entity surface form: southern Pacific Ocean
The Forty-Fours locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Chatham Islands Conservation Area locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Chatham Island taiko foragingZone South Pacific Ocean
Takuan Group locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Erromango locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Submarine Force of Chile operationalDomain South Pacific Ocean
Faleasao locatedInOcean South Pacific Ocean
Autonomous Region of Bougainville locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
Savaiʻi locatedIn South Pacific Ocean