South Sea, South Seas or Southsea may refer to:

Bodies of water

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

, originally named by European explorers Mar del Sur, or South Sea ** South Seas, a common name for the South Pacific * The Southern Sea, an alternate name for the Gulf of Mexico, particularly during the Mexican-American War *

Southern Ocean The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of , it is regarded as the second-small ...

or the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean *

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan *

Namhae (sea) The Namhae (), or Choson Namhae () in North Korea, is the region of ocean near Korea that is bounded by the southwestern part of the Sea of Japan and by the southeastern part of the Yellow Sea. The name is not known and used outside Korea. See al ...

or South Sea, Korean name for body of water where the Yellow Sea meets Sea of Japan *

Zuiderzee The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee'') was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an o ...

or Southern Sea, a reclaimed bay of the North Sea, now IJsselmeer, Netherlands *

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...

, also known as Southern Sea in the ancient Mediterranean world *

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

, called the South Sea by the early Anglo-Saxons

Geographic regions and populated places

Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of ...

, Australia and the islands east of Australia *

Nanyang (region) Nanyang () is the Chinese term for the warmer and fertile geographical region along the southern coastal regions of China and beyond, otherwise known as the ' South Sea' or Southeast Asia. The term came into common usage in self-reference to the ...

, Chinese name for the geographical region south of China, particularly Southeast Asia *

Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...

, also called the South Sea Islands *

South Seas Mandate The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean Lying North of the Equator, was a League of Nations mandate in the "South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following Wo ...

, 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) The South Seas genre is a genre of literature, film, or entertainment (such as Tiki culture) that is set in the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean. Many Hollywood films were produced on studio backlots or on Santa Catalina Island. The first fe ...

, 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 South Sea Roller Derby (SSRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in south-eastern Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. South Sea has two travel teams that play teams from other leagues. South Sea is a member of the Women's Flat Trac ...

, an Australian roller derby league * PS ''Southsea'' (1930), passenger vessel built for the Southern Railway in 1930 *

Mare Australe Mare Australe (Latin ''austrāle'' the "Southern Sea") is a lunar mare located in the southeastern hemisphere of the Moon. It is 997 kilometers in diameter, overlapping the near and far sides of the Moon. Smooth, dark volcanic basalt lines the ...

or Southern Sea, lunar mare in the southeastern hemisphere of the Moon

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