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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
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
Films and literature
- South Seas (genre), a genre of literature and films taking place in Oceania or Pacific Islands
- South Sea Adventure, a 1952 children's book by Willard Price
- South Sea Bubble, a 1949 play by Noël Coward
- South Sea Love (1923 film), a 1923 American silent film
- South Sea Love (1927 film), a 1927 American silent drama film
- South Sea Rose, a 1921 American comedy-drama film
- South Sea Sinner, a 1950 American adventure film
- South Sea Tales, a 1911 collection of short stories by Jack London
- South Sea Woman, a 1953 American action-comedy-drama film
- Island Nights' Entertainments or South Sea Tales, a collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
Other
- South Sea Bubble, speculation in the stock of The South Sea Company
- South Sea Company, a British joint-stock company that traded in South America during the 18th century
- South Sea Fleet, the Chinese naval fleet that operates in the South China Sea
- South Sea Islanders, Australian descendants of Pacific Islanders
- 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
- North Sea (disambiguation)
- East Sea (disambiguation)
- West Sea (disambiguation)
- 南海（남해）：
- 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)
- All pages with titles beginning with South Sea
- All pages with titles containing South Sea
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