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South Atlantic Anomaly

The South Atlantic Anomaly, also called the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly, is a region over South America and the South Atlantic where Earth's magnetic field is weakest.

South Atlantic Convergence Zone

The South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ; Portuguese: ZCAS) is a persistent band of storms from the Amazon across Brazil to the Atlantic, driving summer rainfall.

South Atlantic Medal

The South Atlantic Medal is the British campaign medal for the 1982 Falklands War, issued to about 29,700 military and civilian personnel; a rosette marks one day of combat-zone service, with broader 30-day eligibility for the plain medal.

South Atlantic Petroleum

South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) is a privately held Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company founded in 1995 by former defense minister General TY Danjuma.

South Aulatsivik Island

South Aulatsivik Island (Aulatsivik, Newark Island) is a 456 km2 island in the Nain archipelago, Labrador, about 10 km from Nain; largest Labrador Coast island, spruce forests, Inuit archaeology to 7065 BP.

South Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern, central part of mainland Australia, established in 1836 as a province for free settlers, with its capital at Adelaide.

South Australian

South Australian: 1868 Sunderland-built composite clipper of Devitt & Moore's Adelaide Line, London-South Australia trade; sank off Lundy 14 February 1889; wreck is a Scheduled Monument (NHLE 1465225), distinct from the 1837 barque of the same name.

South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

SACAT, the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, is an independent state tribunal operating since 30 March 2015 under the SACAT Act 2013, handling tenancy, guardianship, mental health, and administrative review matters, led by Justice Judy Hughes.

South Australian Railways

South Australian Railways (SAR) was the government railway agency of South Australia from 1856 to 1975, building the state's railways and operating three different track gauges.

South Australian Railways 520 class

The South Australian Railways 520 class, nicknamed the "Whispering Giants", was twelve streamlined 4-8-4 steam locomotives built at Islington Workshops between 1943 and 1947 for fast passenger work on lightly laid lines.

South Australian Railways steel carriage stock

The South Australian Railways steel carriage stock was a fleet of all-steel broad gauge passenger carriages built at the Islington Railway Workshops between 1936 and 1942.

South Australian Register

South Australian Register, originally the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, was South Australia's first newspaper, founded in London in June 1836, an Adelaide daily from 1850, closed 1931 after purchase by Keith Murdoch.

South Bačka

South Bačka, also called the South Bačka District (Serbian: Južnobački okrug), is an administrative district of Serbia in southern Bačka, Vojvodina, with about 607,000 inhabitants and its seat at Novi Sad.

South Bangkok power station

South Bangkok power station (โรงไฟฟ้าพระนครใต้) is an Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand plant in Samut Prakan Province south of Bangkok, operating as a combined cycle plant since the 1980s.

South Bay (bay)

South Bay: name of several Antarctic bays, chiefly a large inlet between Hannah Point and Miers Bluff on the south coast of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands (62°39′S 60°29′W), known to sealers from 1820, hosting Bulgarian and Spanish bases and a leopard seal aggregation; also a bay at Cape Evans, Ross Island.

South Bay Lakers

South Bay Lakers, formerly Los Angeles D-Fenders, were the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA G League affiliate in El Segundo from 2006 to 2026, renamed Coachella Valley Lakers in 2026.

South Beach

South Beach (SoBe) is the southernmost neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida, south of 23rd Street on a barrier island. Known for the Art Deco Historic District, listed 1979, Ocean Drive, Lincoln Road, and sea level rise exposure.

South Beach Tow

South Beach Tow: truTV reality-style docudrama (2011-2014, four seasons) about Tremont Towing of Miami, produced with Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions; real business, but truTV admitted scenes were staged reenactments.

South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana: city on the St. Joseph River, county seat of St. Joseph County, home of Notre Dame and the Studebaker Corporation (wagons from 1852, autos 1902–1963); population about 103,000.

South Border (group)

South Border is a Filipino pop and R&B band formed in Davao City in 1993 and led by Jay Durias, known for the ballads "Kahit Kailan" and "Rainbow".

South Boston

South Boston (Southie), a Boston peninsula annexed in 1804, became the city's defining Irish American enclave, site of Dorchester Heights, the Evacuation Day parade, the 1970s busing crisis, and Seaport redevelopment.

South Bow

South Bow, formally South Bow Corporation, is a Canadian energy infrastructure company created when TC Energy spun off its Liquids Pipelines business on October 1, 2024, operating the Keystone Pipeline system.

South Bridge

South Bridge, also called Crowthorpe Bridge, is an 18th-century seven-arch limestone bridge over the River Nene between Oundle and Barnwell, Northamptonshire; a scheduled monument (NHLE 1003627) and Grade II listed building, distinct from Edinburgh's South Bridge.

South Bronx

The South Bronx is the area of the Bronx south of the Cross Bronx Expressway, known for 1970s urban decline, community-led rebuilding, and the birth of hip-hop.

South by Southwest

South by Southwest (SXSW), annual March conference and festival in Austin, Texas, founded 1987 by Austin Chronicle staff; combines tech, film & TV, music, and comedy programming; 309,300 attendees in 2025.

South by Southwest London

South by Southwest London (SXSW London) is the first European edition of the Austin festival, held each June in Shoreditch, East London. Launched June 2025 with 25,327 attendees and a visit from King Charles III, it combines conference, music, film and visual arts programming, independently owned from the US event.

South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCS), formerly RAAS, one of Nicaragua's two Caribbean coast autonomous regions created by Law 28 in 1987, seat Bluefields, 11 municipalities, 45-member Regional Council, communal land regime under Law 445.

South Carolina

South Carolina: southeastern U.S. state, one of the 13 original colonies; first state to secede December 20, 1860. Three regions (Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain); population 5,570,274 (2025 est.).

South Carolina Democratic Party

South Carolina Democratic Party (SCDP), state Democratic Party affiliate founded in the 1790s, reformed after 1876. Chaired by Christale Spain since 2023; lost 31 straight statewide races; first 2028 primary state.

South Carolina Department of Transportation

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is the state agency responsible for South Carolina's highways, established in 1993. It maintains over 41,000 road miles, the fourth largest state-owned system in the nation.