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South Seas
South Seas name given by early explorers to the whole of the Pacific Ocean. In recent times the name has been used to mean only the central Pacific, the S Pacific, and the SW Pacific. More particularly it is applied to the South Sea Islands (see Oceania ) and the waters about them.
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Australasia
Australasia , islands of the South Pacific, including Australia , New Zealand , New Guinea , and adjacent islands. The term is sometimes used to include all of Oceania.
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Suva
Suva , city (1993 est. pop. 80,000), capital of Fiji , on the southeastern coast of Viti Levu island, S Pacific. It is a major shipping and commercial center of the S Pacific producing a variety of manufactures. Coconut oil and soap are manufactured; sugar, copra, gold, and tropical fruits are ex...
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Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan ; the southern part is also known as the South Sea.
Physical Geography
Extent and Seas
The Pacific Ocean extend...
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Pacific scandal
Pacific scandal 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign funds from Sir Hugh Allan in return for a promise to award Allan's syndicate the contract to build the Canadian ...
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Amundsen Sea
Amundsen Sea arm of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, bordered by Thurston Island and Cape Dart. Off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, the sea was named after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen .
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Atuona
Atuona or Atuana , town, in the Marquesas Islands , South Pacific, in French Polynesia . Situated on the southern coast of the island of Hiva Oa , Atuona overlooks the Bay of Traitors. Gauguin lived in Atuona Valley and is buried there.
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Drake's Bay
Drake's Bay inlet of the Pacific Ocean, formed by the San Andreas fault, W Calif., NW of San Francisco. Point Reyes forms its outer arm. The bay was visited by Sir Francis Drake in 1579.
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Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range crest line of the Eastern Highlands of Australia. For the most part it separates rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from those flowing into the Indian Ocean and the Arafura Sea.
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poi
poi slightly fermented, sticky food paste eaten in the Pacific islands, usually accompanied with meat, fish, or vegetables. It is made by grinding or pounding the roasted, peeled roots of the taro.
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