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9 Σεπ 2024 · 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.
- Polynesia
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- Colonial Rule
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- Early Period
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- Independence Movements
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- Early European Settlement
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- Wake Island
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- Midway Islands
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- Bonin
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- Polynesia
8 Σεπ 2024 · Oceania, collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in the widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. A more common definition excludes the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian islands and the Japanese archipelago.
7 Φεβ 2023 · 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.
3 ημέρες πριν · Samoa, country in the central South Pacific Ocean, among the westernmost of the island countries of Polynesia. Samoa gained its independence from New Zealand in 1962 after more than a century of foreign influence and domination, but it remains a member of the Commonwealth. Its capital is Apia.
Thousands of islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean are grouped together under the name of Oceania. The region is generally divided into three major areas: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Sometimes a fourth area, called Australasia, is also considered to be a part of Oceania. This area includes Australia, New Zealand, and nearby islands.
The geographic region Oceania includes roughly 10,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean, mainly in the western and central portions. Oceania covers about 20 million square miles (50 million square kilometers), or roughly one third of the enormous Pacific Ocean.
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.
