Pacific (disambiguation)

Pacific (disambiguation)

Pacific may refer to:

Geography

* The Pacific Ocean, the largest ocean in the world
**Pacific Rim, a 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
**Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, an oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic tectonic plates
**Pacific-Kula Ridge, a former oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Kula tectonic plates
**Pacific-Farallon Ridge, a former oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Farallon tectonic plates
*Pacific, Missouri, a place in the United States
*Pacific County, Washington
*Pacific, Washington, a city in King County, Washington
*Pacific Highway
* Pacific Time Zone

Culture

*"The Pacific", an upcoming TV miniseries about the US involvement in the Pacific during World War II
*Pacific 231, an orchestral work written by Arthur Honegger in 1923

History

*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
*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 theater of World War II, one of four major theaters of the Pacific War, between 1941 and 1945
*Pacific Ocean Areas (command), the major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
*War of the Pacific, fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru, from 1879 to 1884

Record labels

*Pacific Records
*Pacific Front Recordings
*Pacific Jazz Records

Companies

* Pacific Air Lines, a defunct airline
* Pacific Airlines, an airline based in Vietnam
* Cathay Pacific, a Hong Kong airline
* Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, a Hong Kong shipping company

chools

*University of the Pacific, a private university in California
*Pacific University, a private college in Oregon

Other

*"Pacific", a name often given to steam locomotives of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement
*Pacific Racing, an extinct Formula 1 team
*Pacific Theatres, a movie theater chain in southern California
* "Pacific" (ship), a cruise ship
* "Pacific" (Collins Line ship) an ocean liner that sank in the 1850s
*Union Pacific railroad network

ee also

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=pacific&namespace=0 all articles starting with "Pacific"]


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