South Pacific
Since 1950 tropical depressions that were judged to have intensified into a tropical cyclone, within the Southern Pacific ocean have been named. Female names were used exclusively until the current convention of alternating male and female names commenced in 1975.
Read more about this topic: List Of Historic Tropical Cyclone Names
Famous quotes containing the words south and/or pacific:
“Returned this day, the south wind searches,
And finds young pines and budding birches;
But finds not the budding man.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“American future lies in the East. The great free markets of the Pacific Rim are the American destiny.”
—Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)