South Pacific Ocean

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The opportunity to compete for an Olympic medal in Tahiti’s Teahupo’o, considered one of the world’s heaviest waves because the South Pacific Ocean dumps abruptly over a razor-sharp, shallow coral reef.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

The eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean and will move diagonally across Mexico, the United States and Canada.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

The rodent lives in the tropical forests of its namesake island of Vangunu, part of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2023

A massive “raft” of very lightweight rocks called pumice is floating across the South Pacific Ocean.

From NewsForKids.net • Jan. 17, 2022

Hogs, dogs, and fowls, were the only tame or domestic animals that were to be found; and these were of the same kind with those which exist in the countries of the South Pacific Ocean.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew