South Sea

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with South Sea
• All pages with titles containing South Sea
• North Sea (disambiguation)
• East Sea (disambiguation)
• West Sea (disambiguation)
• 南海 (disambiguation)：
  • Nanhai (disambiguation), meaning South Sea in Chinese
  • Nankai (disambiguation), meaning South Sea in Japanese
  • Namhae (disambiguation), meaning South Sea in Korean
• Southern Seas (disambiguation)
• Mar del Sur (disambiguation)