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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.
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]
5.2 Pacific Ocean islands. 5.3 Lake islands. 5.4 River islands. 6 Ecuador. ... North Rennell Island; South Rennell Island; Archipiélago de los Chonos. Isla Benjamin;
5 Pacific Ocean. Toggle Pacific Ocean subsection. 5.1 Along the coast of the Americas. ... South Orkney Islands. Flensing Islands; Gosling Islands; Governor Islands;
Monuriki in 2015. Monuriki is a small, uninhabited island situated off the coast of Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands, in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean.Monuriki is part of the Atolls islands, and related to a group of three islets in the larger group of islands known as the Mamanuca Islands.
The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it will get sponsors to pay. Under the plan, which was being launched ...
Uninhabited islands of South Korea (5 P) T. ... Uninhabited Pacific islands of the United States (10 C, 10 P) V. Uninhabited islands of Vanuatu (32 P)
China and the Solomon Islands defended a security pact between the two countries that the U.S. and its allies say threatens stability in the Indo-Pacific region.