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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.
Pages in category "Uninhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Brown boobies atop pier posts at Johnston Atoll, September 2005. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation applying to the minor outlying islands and groups of islands that comprise eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one ...
Micronesia (UK: / ˌ m aɪ k r ə ˈ n iː z i ə /, US: /-ˈ n iː ʒ ə / ⓘ) [1] is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: Maritime Southeast Asia to the west, Polynesia to the east, and Melanesia to ...
Oceanic Islands of the Pacific; Name Location Height Area Clarion Island: 335 m (1,099 ft) 19.80 km 2 (7.64 sq mi) : Guadalupe Island: 1,298 m (4,259 ft) 244 km 2 (94 sq mi)
Pitcairn Group of Islands British overseas territory: English: Pitcairn Islands — Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen: Adamstown [22] [24] 48 [30] 47 km 2 (18 sq mi) South Papua South Papua Province Province of Indonesia: Indonesian: Papua Selatan: Merauke Regency: 517,623 [32] 127,280.69 km 2 (49,143 sq mi ...
One main island, plus other small islands: Continental shelf 65,610 25,330 21,803,000 332 860 Indian Ocean, South Asia: 1948 February 4 Tonga: TO TON Archipelago: Oceanic 748 289 104,490 140 360 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia: 1970 June 4 Trinidad and Tobago: TT TTO An archipelago with two main islands: Trinidad Island Tobago Island. Continental ...
The Federated States of Micronesia (/ ˌ m aɪ k r oʊ ˈ n iː ʒ ə / ⓘ; abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania.The federation consists of four states—from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae—that span across the western Pacific just north of the equator, for a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi).