When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Palau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau

    Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [8] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands , while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia .

  3. Geography of Palau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Palau

    The Palau archipelago contains more than 250 islands and islets stretched along a 150 km north south trending arc in the western Pacific. Its center is located near 7° north latitude, some 650 km north of Jayapura on the island of New Guinea, and near 134° east latitude, some 900 km east of Mindanao, Philippines.

  4. Outline of Palau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Palau

    Geography of Palau. Palau is: an island country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Pacific Ocean. North Pacific Ocean Oceania. Micronesia; Time zone: UTC+09; Extreme points of Palau High: Mount Ngerchelchuus on Babeldaob 242 m (794 ft) Low: North Pacific Ocean 0 m; Land boundaries: none; Coastline: North Pacific Ocean 1,519 km

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Palau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage...

    Rock Islands Southern Lagoon covers 100,200 ha and includes 445 uninhabited limestone islands of volcanic origin. Many of them display unique mushroom-like shapes in turquoise lagoons surrounded by coral reefs. The aesthetic beauty of the site is heightened by a complex reef system featuring over 385 coral species and different types of habitat.

  6. History of Palau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palau

    Republic of Palau. Palau was initially settled around 1000 BC.. Palau was likely sighted for the first time by Europeans as early as 1522, when the Spanish mission of the Trinidad, the flagship of Ferdinand Magellan's voyage of circumnavigation, sighted two small islands around the 5th parallel north, naming them "San Juan" without visiting them.

  7. Palau tropical moist forests - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_tropical_moist_forests

    The Palau Islands are an archipelago approximately 200 km in length, located 800 km north of the equator and 800 km east of the Philippines. Kayangel is the northernmost island in the archipelago, and the island of Angaur is the southernmost.

  8. Wildlife of Palau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Palau

    For information on the wildlife of Palau, see: List of birds of Palau; List of mammals of Palau; Fish.

  9. Environment of Palau - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_of_Palau

    The Palau government are concerned about the effects of climate change on the island nation. In 2008 Palau requested that the UN Security Council consider protection against rising sea levels due to climate change. [1] Tommy Remengesau, the president of Palau, has said: [2]