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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.
Pacific Ocean, Polynesia Falkland Islands: Archipelago with two main islands: Continental shelf United Kingdom [n 19] 12,173 4,700 3,140 0.26 0.67 Atlantic Ocean, South America Faroe Islands: Archipelago: Continental shelf Denmark: 1,393 538 49,483 35.5 92 Atlantic Ocean French Polynesia: Five archipelagos: The Society Islands The Tuamotu ...
2.1 Along the coast of Europe. ... Toggle Pacific Ocean subsection. ... Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; Swedish East Coast Archipelago
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 ...
The total surface area of the archipelago is about 750 km 2 (290 sq mi), scattered over 700,000 km 2 (270,000 sq mi) of the southern Pacific Ocean. List [61] Tuvalu: 9 9 Six atolls and 3 reef islands. List [62] United Kingdom: 6,346 129 Includes all offshore islands marked on Ordnance Survey maps. England, Scotland & Wales: 6289; Northern ...
The 2007 book Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West, by New Zealand Pacific scholar Ron Crocombe, defined the term "Pacific Islands" as being islands in the South Pacific Commission, and stated that such a definition "does not include Galápagos and other [oceanic] islands off the Pacific coast of the Americas; these were uninhabited ...
The Polynesian Triangle is a geographical region of the Pacific Ocean with Hawaii (Hawaiʻi) (1), New Zealand (Aotearoa) (2) and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) (3) at its corners, but excluding Fiji on its western side. At the center is Tahiti (5), with Samoa (4) to the west.
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.