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Pacific Island Countries. Notoriously remote, these Pacific island countries are unique for the ingenuity that the people living on them need to possess to make the most of their local resources.
Pacific Islands, geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic groupings—Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia—but conventionally excludes Australia, the Indonesian, Philippine, and Japanese archipelagoes, and the Ryukyu, Bonin, Volcano, and Kuril island arcs beyond Japan.
This list of islands in the Pacific Ocean is organized by archipelago or political boundary. In order to keep this list of moderate size, the more complete lists for countries with large numbers of small or uninhabited islands have been hyperlinked.
The Pacific Islands span a vast area of the Pacific Ocean, from Indonesia in the west to Easter Island in the east. The region includes more than 20,000 islands, including the largest island of New Guinea, shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Detailed map of Pacific Ocean. This map shows Pacific Ocean countries, islands, major ports, roads. You may download, print or use the above map for educational, personal and non-commercial purposes. Attribution is required.
Create your own custom pacific-centered World Map showing all countries of the world. Color an editable map, fill in the legend, and download it for free to use in your project.
Map of Pacific Islands and Australia & articles on flags, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.