South Sea

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
 * English Channel, called the South Sea by the early Anglo-Saxons.

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
 * The South Seas (novel), a 1979 Spanish novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

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