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[16] 1851 map of Pacific listing colonial names of individual islands. Since the beginning of the 19th century, Australia and the islands of the Pacific have been grouped by geographers into a region called Oceania. [17] [18] It is often used as a quasi-continent, with the Pacific Ocean being the defining characteristic. [19]
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The 3rd edition, currently in force, of the International Hydrographic Organization's (IHO) Limits of Oceans and Seas defines the limits of the South Pacific Ocean (excluding the seas it contains) as follows: [9] On the West. From Southeast Cape, the Southern point of Tasmania, down the meridian of 146°55'E to the Antarctic continent.
Map of the three areas dividing Chilean territory: In blue: Continental Chile In red: Insular Chile In green: Antarctic Chile Map of what is considered insular Chile. Insular Chile, also called Las islas Esporádicas, or "the Sporadic Islands", is a scattered group of oceanic islands of volcanic origin located in the South Pacific, and which are under the sovereignty of Chile.
South Papua South Papua Province Province of Indonesia: Indonesian: Papua Selatan: Merauke Regency: 517,623 [32] 127,280.69 km 2 (49,143 sq mi) Southwest Papua Southwest Papua Province Province of Indonesia: Indonesian: Papua Barat Daya: Sorong: 603,054 [32] 39,167 km 2 (15,122 sq mi) Tokelau [22] Dependent territory of New Zealand: Tokelauan ...
The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the south Pacific ... (61.7) 16.6 (61.9) 17.4 (63.3) ... Mapquest zoom level 1 is a suitable map to see the ...
Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, most commonly refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator. [1] [2] [3] The term South Sea may also be used synonymously for Oceania, or even more narrowly for Polynesia or the Polynesian Triangle, an area bounded by the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand and Easter Island.
Tonga Trench south of the Samoa Islands and north of New Zealand. The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami killed more than 170 people in the Samoa Islands and Tonga. The M8.1 submarine earthquake took place in the region at 06:48:11 local time on September 29, 2009 (17:48:11 UTC, September 29), followed by smaller aftershocks. [27]