Pacific (disambiguation)

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The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.

Pacific may also refer to:

Geography

Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic tectonic plates
Pacific-Farallon Ridge, former oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Farallon tectonic plates
Pacific-Kula Ridge, former oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Kula tectonic plates
Pacific Rim, political and economic term used to designate the countries on the edges of the Pacific Ocean as well as the various island nations within the region

Asiatic-Pacific Theater (aka Pacific Theater of Operations), the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it during World War II
Pacific Ocean Areas (command), the major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, one of four major theaters of the Pacific War, between 1941 and 1945
Pacific War, the part of World War II — and preceding conflicts — that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, from 1937 to 1945
War of the Pacific, fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru, from 1879 to 1884

Pacific TV, an Indonesian television station
The Pacific (TV miniseries), an HBO TV miniseries about the US involvement in the Pacific during World War II

A&P (The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company), a former American and Canadian supermarket chain
COSCO Pacific, a Chinese port operator
Georgia-Pacific, an American pulp and paper company
Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, a Hong Kong shipping company
Pacific Investment Management, an investment company
Pacific Trucks, a Canadian heavy truck maker

Pacific University, a private college in Oregon
University of the Pacific (Peru), a private university in that country
University of the Pacific (United States), a private university in California
University of the South Pacific, University in the South Pacific, Main Campus in Fiji, and Smaller Campus in Samoa, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niu, Solomon Islands, Tonga

Pacific Grand Prix, former Formula 1 race in Japan
Pacific Racing, an extinct Formula 1 team
Pacific Tigers, the intercollegiate sports program of the University of the Pacific in California

Pacific, a name often given to steam locomotives of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement
Union Pacific Railroad a railroad network in the United States

MS Pacific, a cruise ship formerly known as the MS Pacific Princess
Pacific-class patrol boat, a class of 22 patrol boats built by Australia and donated to twelve South Pacific countries
SS Pacific (1849), a transatlantic sidewheel steamer of the Collins Line that sank off the coast of Wales in 1856
SS Pacific, an ocean liner that sank off the coast of Washington State in 1875

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