Pacific (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Geography 2 Culture 3 History 4 Record labels 5 Airlines 6 Schools 7 Other

Pacific may refer to:

[edit] 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, Missouri, a place in the United States
• Pacific County, Washington
• Pacific, Washington, a city in King County, Washington
• Pacific Highway
• Pacific Time Zone

[edit] Culture

• The Pacific (miniseries), a TV miniseries about the US involvement in the Pacific during World War II
• Pacific 231, an orchestral work written by Arthur Honegger in 1923

[edit] 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

[edit] Record labels

• Pacific Records
• Pacific Front Recordings
• Pacific Jazz Records

[edit] Airlines

• Pacific Air Lines, a defunct airline
• Pacific Airlines, an airline based in Vietnam
• Cathay Pacific, a Chinese airline

[edit] Schools

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

[edit] 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