South Seas
The South Seas is an archaic term for a region in the Pacific Ocean. We describe most of it under Oceania, but the old term is broader; it includes areas such as Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia which we include in Southeast Asia.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
South Seas
- Type: sea
- Description: old name for the South Pacific Ocean
- Location: Oceania
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Latitude of center
-20.84° or 20° 50′ 24″ southLongitude of center
165.85° or 165° 51′ eastWikidata ID
Q351668
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“South Seas” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Itsasoa”
- Catalan: “Mar del Sud”
- Catalan: “Mars del Sud”
- Cebuano: “South Sea”
- Chinese: “南太平洋”
- Chinese: “南洋”
- Dutch: “Stille Zuidzee”
- Dutch: “Zuidzee”
- Finnish: “Etelämeri”
- French: “mer du Sud”
- French: “mers du Sud”
- French: “Mers du Sud”
- German: “Südsee”
- Hebrew: “הים הדרומי”
- Italian: “Mari del sud”
- Japanese: “南太平洋”
- Russian: “Южное море”
- Slovenian: “Južno morje”
- Spanish: “Mar del Sur”
- Swedish: “Söderhavet”
- Venetian: “Mar del Sud”
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