South Pacific Ocean

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For about two months each year, fisherman Faustino Mauloko da Cunha and his son Zacarias spend most of their days in a dugout canoe out at sea in the South Pacific Ocean.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

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 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

The last tsunami to hit California was in January, after a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific Ocean near Tonga sent 2-foot tsunami waves barreling through the Bay Area more than 5,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2022

This may arise from the ranges of the mountain currents of air and the winds from the South Pacific Ocean along the inland plains, and the cool atmosphere around our snow-clad mountains.

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by Gray, William Henry