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See also: List of New Zealand flags: A British Blue Ensign defaced with four stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half. 1981 – Flag of Palau [8] See also: List of Palauan flags: A light blue field with a large yellow disk slightly leaning towards the hoist side. 1971 – Flag of Papua New Guinea [9] See also: List of Papua New Guinean flags
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.
12 km 2 (5 sq mi) Wake Island: Unincorporated territory of the United States: English: Wake Island [31] None: Uninhabited [31] 6.5 km 2 (2.5 sq mi) Wallis and Futuna Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands Overseas collectivity of France: French: Wallis et Futuna — Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna [20] Mata-Utu [22] [24] 15,398 [30 ...
Divided horizontally red-light blue-black-light blue-green (5:2:2:2:5). This flag had a white canton, with a boar's tusk, surrounded by a wreath of leaves of the namele fern. In the upper red stripe is a yellow five-pointed star, in the lower green stripe are two yellow five-pointed stars.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
PLOS One describe Insular Chile as having "cultural and ecological connections to the broader insular Pacific." [113] A map of member states for the Pacific Islands Forum, the member states are depicted in blue. The PIF is a governing organization for the Pacific, and all of its members are seen as being politically within Oceania.
The continent is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean. North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. South America has an area of approximately 17,840,000 square kilometres (6,890,000 sq mi), or almost 3.5% of Earth's surface.