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Depending on the context, the term Pacific Islands may refer to one of several different concepts: (1) those countries and islands with common Austronesian origins, (2) the islands once (or currently) colonized, (3) the geographical region of Oceania, or (4) any island located in the Pacific Ocean. This list of islands in the Pacific Ocean is ...
Pacific Ocean, Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Archipelago Oceanic France: 7,747 2,991 150 49.4 128 Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean: Galapagos Islands: Archipelago Oceanic Ecuador: 8,010 3,090 33,042 4.1 11 Pacific Ocean Greenland: One main island with archipelagos Continental shelf Denmark: 2,166,086 836,330 57,695 0.03 0.078 North ...
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 ...
Polynesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Melanesia and Micronesia. Subregions (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Australasia), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of Oceania Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the Polynesian Triangle.
Toggle Pacific Ocean subsection. 5.1 Along the coast of the Americas. ... Islands of the Southern Ocean: Antarctica. Aagaard Islands; Afuera Islands; Allison Islands;
Uninhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean (23 C, 23 P) + Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act (18 C, 123 P) B. Islands of the Bering Sea (6 C, 30 P) C.
Nauru is a 21 km 2 (8.1 sq mi), [4] oval-shaped island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 55.95 km (34.77 mi) south of the Equator. [72] The island is surrounded by a fringing coral reef, which is exposed at low tide and dotted with pinnacles. [5]
Tuvalu (/ t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo) [7] is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north ...