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
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