South Pacific
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Geography
- Australasia, a region of Oceania, including: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea and neighbouring islands
- Oceania, a geographical, often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands - mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity, usually including: Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia
- The southern part of the Pacific Ocean, usually the area south of the equator.
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Arts
- South Pacific (musical), 1949 musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein
- South Pacific (film), 1958 adaptation of the musical
- South Pacific (2001 film), television production of the musical
- South Pacific (TV series), 2009 BBC nature documentary series for television
- Southpacific, a former space rock band from Canada
- Tales of the South Pacific, 1946 book by James A. Michener
- South Pacific Airlines, fictional airline in the movie Snakes on a Plane
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Public life
- South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand, operated from 1960 to 1966
- South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, an inter-governmental regional organisation dedicated to providing services to promote sustainable development
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community, formerly known as the South Pacific Commission
- South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists, one of the 13 world divisions of the church
- South Pacific Television, a former New Zealand broadcasting company
- South Pacific Tourism Organisation, an inter-governmental body for the tourism sector
- Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission, formerly known as the South Pacific Trade Commission
- South West Pacific theatre of World War II
- University of the South Pacific, with campuses on Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other centres
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See also
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