Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
The sea found south of China is the South Chinese sea or South China Sea.
Balboa
The sea found directly south of China can be called the South Chinese Sea or South China Sea.
The Antarctic sea found at latitude 70 degrees south and longitude 90 degrees west is the Amundsen Sea. This sea is located in the Southern Ocean and is named after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It is known for its role in the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet due to its relatively warm waters.
The South China Sea is directly south of China.
Ferdinand Magellan
The Pacific Ocean was sighted by Europeans early in the 16th century, first by the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, who crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and named it Mar del Sur (South Sea). Its current name was given by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish expedition of world circumnavigation in 1521, who encountered favourable winds as he reached the ocean and called it Mar Pacifico in Portuguese, meaning "peaceful sea".
The Great South Sea was named the Pacific Ocean by the Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. He gave it the name "Mar Pacífico," which means "peaceful sea," due to the calm waters he encountered during his voyage. This name eventually became widely adopted and is still used today.
The explorer who claimed the South Sea (Pacific Ocean) for Spain was Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1513. He was the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
The Tasman Sea. It is named for Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer.
The Mediterranean sea borders France to the South and South-East, Freom the Spanish border to Italia.
The South China Sea is found directly south of China. Go figure!