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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, Micronesia: 1979 May 10 Nauru: NR NRU One main island: Oceanic 21 8.1 12,580 599 1,550 Pacific Ocean, Micronesia: 1968 January 31 New Zealand NZ NZL An archipelago around two main islands: Te Ika-a-Māui (the North Island) Te Waipounamu (the South Island) Continental shelf [n 9] 270,467 104,428 5,125,451 19 49 Pacific Ocean ...
Pacific Ocean Vanuatu: Mafia: Tanzanian Spice Islands Tanzania: Isla Magdalena Baja California Sur Mexico: Magerøya: Nordkapp, Finnmark Norway: Mageshima: Ōsumi Islands part of the Satsunan Islands group of the Ryukyu Islands Japan Magusaiai: Shortland Islands Solomon Islands: Maiao: Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia ...
This is a list of current countries and territories with a flag that incorporates the Union Flag.Five Commonwealth nations have the Union Flag on their national flag. The first Commonwealth country to drop the Union Flag was Canada in 1965, after adopting a new national flag.
Abrolhos Archipelago; Belcher Islands; Bermuda Islands; Bocas del Toro; Broken Islands; Corn Islands; Cranberry Isles; Diego Ramírez Islands; Falkland Islands
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.
Peoples of the Pacific, published by Pacific House in San Francisco, 1940. The population of the Pacific Islands is concentrated in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand (which has a majority of people of European descent), Hawaii, Fiji, and Solomon Islands. Most Pacific Islands are densely populated, and habitation tends to be concentrated along the ...
The following is a list of the islands in Hawaii.The state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaiian Islands, has the fourth-longest ocean coastline of the 50 states (after Alaska, Florida, and California) at 750 miles (1,210 km).