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Regions of Vietnam Topographic map of Vietnam. Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and Pacific Ocean, along with China, Laos, and Cambodia.
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.
Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Norfolk Island: One main island Continental shelf [n 9] Australia: 36 14 2,182 60.6 157 Pacific Ocean, Melanesia Northern Mariana Islands [n 17] Archipelago Oceanic United States: 464 179 51,395 111 290 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands: Archipelago Oceanic United Kingdom: 47 18 48 1. ...
The Pacific Asian Countries: A Force For Growth in the Global Economy. Los Angeles: World Affairs Council, 1984. ED 244 852. Cleveland, Harlan. The Future of the Pacific Basin: A Keynote Address. New Zealand: Conference on New Zealand's Prospects in the Pacific Region, 1983. Gibney, Frank B., Ed. Whole Pacific Catalog. Los Angeles, CA: 1981.
Sa Vĩ Cap in Trà Cổ island is the North-Easternmost promontory of Vietnam Co To Islands 20°59′00″N 107°46′00″E / 20.98333°N 107.76667°E / 20.98333; 107 Hạ Long Bay 's islets 20°54′N 107°12′E / 20.900°N 107.200°E / 20.900; 107
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [1] Australia is the largest country in Oceania while Nauru is the smallest. Country / dependency
World map of the five-ocean model with approximate boundaries. This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1]
Category: Islands of the Pacific Ocean by country. ... Pacific islands of Peru (17 P) Islands of the Philippines (16 C, 7 P) T. Islands of Taiwan (4 C, 19 P) U.