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3.4.2 French Polynesia (in the South Pacific Ocean) 3.4.3 New Caledonia ... All French islands over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi), ranked by decreasing area. ...
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Saint-Pierre is French for Saint Peter, the patron saint of fishermen. [9]The present name of Miquelon was first noted in the form of Micquetô, Miqueton or Micquellon in the French Basque sailor Martin de Hoyarçabal's 1579 navigational pilot for Newfoundland, Les voyages aventureux du Capitaine Martin de Hoyarsabal, habitant du çubiburu:
Miquelon-Langlade (French pronunciation: [miklɔ̃ lɑ̃ɡlad]) is the larger but less populated of the two communes (municipalities) making up the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located 22 km (14 mi) to the south of Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [4] It consists of three islands: Miquelon (also called ...
Martinique (/ ˌ m ɑːr t ɪ ˈ n iː k / MAR-tin-EEK; French: ⓘ; Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; [6] Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Private islands of France (3 P) R. River islands of France (1 C, 6 P) S. Saint Barthélemy (16 C, 2 P) U. Uninhabited islands of France (7 C, 22 P)
The island's beaches consist of both white and black sands, as well as beaches of golden sand. Of the two islands, Grande-Terre is home to the majority of Guadeloupe's farmlands and tourist resorts. Grande-Terre Island (upper right) from space, September 1994. North is to the upper left in this view. The island has a land area of 586.68 km 2. [1]
The Marquesas Islands (/ m ɑːr ˈ k eɪ s ə s / mar-KAY-səss; French: Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te Henua ʻEnana (North Marquesan) and Te Fenua ʻEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.