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  2. List of islands in the Pacific Ocean - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of ports and harbors of the Pacific Ocean - Wikipedia

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    Port Region Country (and subdivision) Body of water Coordinates Features and notes [1] [2]Acajutla: Central America: El Salvador, Sonsonate: Corinto: Central America: Nicaragua, Chinandega

  4. Pacific Ocean - Wikipedia

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    The island geography of the Pacific Ocean Basin The three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands: Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. The Pacific separates Asia and Australia from the Americas. It may be further subdivided by the equator into northern (North Pacific) and southern (South Pacific) portions.

  5. Borders of the oceans - Wikipedia

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    Maps exhibiting the world's oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling Earth, the World/Global Ocean is divided into a number of principal areas. Five oceanic divisions are usually recognized: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern/Antarctic; the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first three.

  6. List of archipelagos - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Pacific Ocean subsection. 5.1 Along the coast of the Americas. ... Islands of the Southern Ocean: Antarctica. Aagaard Islands; Afuera Islands; Allison Islands;

  7. Pacific Rim - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean . [ 1 ] The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geological Pacific Ring of Fire .

  8. Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Mariana Islands (/ ˌ m ær i ˈ ɑː n ə / MARR-ee-AH-nə; Chamorro: Manislan Mariånas), also simply the Marianas, are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen longitudinally oriented, mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east.

  9. Polynesia - Wikipedia

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    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.