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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.
Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, most commonly refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator. [1] [2] [3] The term South Sea may also be used synonymously for Oceania, or even more narrowly for Polynesia or the Polynesian Triangle, an area bounded by the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand and Easter Island.
By tradition, the islands located in the southern Pacific have also often been called the South Sea Islands, [4] and their inhabitants have been called South Sea Islanders. The Hawaiian Islands have often been considered to be part of the South Sea Islands because of their relative proximity to the southern Pacific islands, even though they are ...
Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; Swedish East Coast Archipelago Gräsö archipelago; ... South China Sea Islands. Paracel Islands. Amphitrite Group; Crescent ...
The Sea Islands are a chain of over a hundred tidal and barrier islands on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the Southeastern United States, between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns rivers along South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The largest is Johns Island, South Carolina. Sapelo Island is home to the Gullah people.
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, ... South China Sea; Southern Ocean; By other bodies of water: Lake islands.
Dozens of sea islands span South Carolina’s, from gated Lowcountry communities like Kiawah and Fripp islands to remote and storied spots like Daufuskie and Bulls islands. All are lush with ...
5.1 Caribbean Sea islands. 5.2 Pacific Ocean islands. 5.3 Lake islands. 5.4 River islands. 6 Ecuador. Toggle Ecuador subsection. ... List of islands of South America.