South Pacific

As South Pacific becomes the large region that Island world the southwest Pacific ocean designated. Although the term not clearly defined or officially defined is contains it in the local linguistic usage in any case Polynesien (however without those far north of the Equator convenient Hawaii islands), mostly also Melanesien and at least the southern parts Mikronesiens. Depending upon that, as far the term is seized, it closes often also New Zealand as well as far lain the east Pitcairn, East he and Juan Fernández islands , beeinhaltet however usual way not Australia and Papua New Guinea.

The term south Pacific thus partly overlaps with the terms Ozeanien and Austronesien. Also with the term often synonymously used in Germany The South Seas there are overlaps. It is however more closely calm and places in particular a collective term for the small Island states and territories the region, those politically, culturally and economically (also because of its small size) in multiple regard cooperate. Examples for this are u. A. those University OF the South Pacific (USP), those South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) or those South Pacific Tourism organization (SPTO).

The enormous expansion of the region is remarkable: their islands are over a sea surface of many millions square kilometers (to both sides that Date border) scatters, against what the added land surface of all islands infinitesimal small is and the number of inhabitants (without New Zealand) of all states and territories hardly one million reached.

A further meaning of the term South Pacific designated that south of the Equator convenient part of the Pacific ocean.