South Sea

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South Sea, South Seas or Southsea may refer to:

Bodies of water

  • Pacific Ocean, originally named by European explorers Mar del Sur, or South Sea
  • The Southern Sea, an alternate name for the Gulf of Mexico, particularly during the Mexican-American War
  • Southern Ocean or the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean
  • South China Sea, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan
  • Namhae (sea) or South Sea, Korean name for body of water where the Yellow Sea meets Sea of Japan
  • Zuiderzee or Southern Sea, a reclaimed bay of the North Sea, now IJsselmeer, Netherlands
  • Red Sea, also known as Southern Sea in the ancient Mediterranean world
  • English Channel, called the South Sea by the early Anglo-Saxons

Geographic regions and populated places

  • Oceania, Australia and the islands east of Australia
  • Nanyang (region), Chinese name for the geographical region south of China, particularly Southeast Asia
  • Polynesia, also called the South Sea Islands
  • South Seas Mandate, territories assigned to Japan by the League of Nations after World War I
  • Southsea, a seaside resort in Portsmouth, England, UK
  • Southsea, Wrexham, village in Wrexham, Wales, UK

Arts

  • South Seas (genre), a genre of literature and films taking place in Oceania or Pacific Islands
  • The South Seas (novel), a 1979 Spanish novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

Other

  • South Sea Roller Derby, an Australian roller derby league
  • PS Southsea (1930), passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1930
  • TSMV Southsea, a passenger ferry built in 1948
  • Mare Australe or Southern Sea, lunar mare in the southeastern hemisphere of the Moon

See also

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