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English: Coral Sea Islands — Coral Sea Islands Territory: Willis Island: Uninhabited: 3 km 2 (1 sq mi) Easter Island: Special territory of Chile: Spanish: Isla de Pascua Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui: Hanga Roa: 6,148 [34] 163.6 km 2 (63 sq mi) French Polynesia Overseas Country of French Polynesia [22] Overseas country of France
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.
Outside the triangle, there are traces of Polynesian settlement as far north as Necker Island (Mokumanamana), as far east as Salas y Gómez Island (Motu Motiro Hiva), and as far south as Enderby Island . Also, there have once been Polynesian settlements on Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands . By the time the Europeans first arrived, these ...
Northern Mariana Islands (580) – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Capital: Saipan Palau (585) – Republic of Palau Capital: Ngerulmud United States Minor Outlying Islands (581) (United States) [note 2] Capital: Washington, D.C. (administrative centre) Polynesia (061
Toggle Pacific Ocean subsection. 5.1 Along the coast of the Americas. ... Solomon Islands (country) Duff Islands; Santa Cruz Islands; Nggela Islands; New Georgia Islands;
Although the exact timing of when each island group was settled is debated, it is widely accepted that the island groups in the geographic center of the region (i.e. the Cook Islands, Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, etc.) were settled initially between 1000 and 1150 AD, [33] [34] and ending with more far flung island groups such as Hawaii ...
Uninhabited Pacific islands of the United States (10 C, 10 P) V. Uninhabited islands of Vanuatu (32 P) Pages in category "Uninhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean"
Category: Islands of the Pacific Ocean by country. 4 languages. ... Pacific islands of Peru (17 P) Islands of the Philippines (16 C, 7 P) T. Islands of Taiwan (4 C ...