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Bookmark or Share- Tahiti | Facts, Map, & History | BritannicaTahiti, the largest island of the Îles du Vent (Windward Islands) of the Society Islands, French Polynesia, in the central South Pacific Ocean. Tahiti accounts for almost one-third of the total land area of French Polynesia.
- Oceania | Definition, Population, Maps, & Facts | BritannicaOceania, collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its 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 Japan archipelago.
- Guadalcanal Island | Map, Battle, & Facts | BritannicaGuadalcanal Island, largest island of the country of Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The island has an area of 2,047 square miles (5,302 square km) and is of volcanic origin. It has a mountainous spine (Kavo Range) that culminates in Mount Popomanaseu (7,644 feet [2,330 metres]), the highest point in the country. Many short, rapid ...
- Pacific Ocean | Depth, Temperature, Animals, Location, Map, & Facts ...A geologically important boundary between the continental, or “high,” islands and the numerous truly oceanic, or “low,” islands of the Pacific is the Andesite Line, a region of intense volcanic and seismic activity.
- US Territory, Pacific Island, Wildlife Refuge - BritannicaJohnston Atoll, unincorporated territory of the United States in the central Pacific Ocean, about 825 miles (1,330 km) southwest of Honolulu. It consists of four small islands on a raised coral atoll formation that are partially enclosed on the north and west by a 7.5-mile (12-km) semicircular
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