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A partial list of the some 340 [1] islands of the Republic of Palau, located in the western Caroline Islands Archipelago. [citation needed] The islands are within the Micronesia region of Oceania, in the western Pacific Ocean.
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Palau accepted the convention on June 11, 2002, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.
In the course of World War II the islands were taken by the United States in 1944. The Battle of Peleliu between September 15 and November 25, 1944 was hard fought, with 2,000 Americans and 10,000 Japanese killed. The islands passed formally to the United States under United Nations auspices in 1947 as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific ...
Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [8] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean.The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands, while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia.
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country or location
Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India, China, and the United States).
Location of Palau in the western Pacific. The National Register of Historic Places in Palau contains six listed sites located in only four of the sixteen states of Palau. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 31, 2025. [1]