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The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. Those islands lying south of the tropic of Cancer are traditionally grouped into three divisions: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
Oceania
Pacific islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania [Collins Atlas of the World, Page 83] (although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago),
Melanesia means black islands. These include New Guinea (the largest Pacific island, which is divided into the sovereign nation of Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian provinces of Maluku, Papua and West Papua), New Caledonia, Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait Islands),Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.
Micronesia means small islands. These include the Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Most of these lie north of the equator.
Polynesia means many islands. These include New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, the Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Easter Island. It is the largest of the three zones.
The region's islands are classified into two groups, high islands and low islands. Volcanoes form high islands, which generally can support more people and have a more fertile soil. Low islands are reefs or atolls, and are relatively small and infertile. Melanesia, the most populous of the three regions, contains mainly high islands, while most of Micronesia and Polynesia are low islands.
In addition, there are many other islands located within the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean that are not considered part of Oceania. These islands include the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador; the Aleutian Islands in Alaska; the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuril Islands; Taiwan; the Philippines; the South China Sea Islands; most of the islands of Indonesia; and the island nation of Japan, which includes the Ryukyu Islands. The inhabitants of these islands are not considered to be Pacific Islanders and are usually identified with their nearest continent.
List of islandsThis is a list of many of the major Pacific islands, organized by archipelago or political unit. In order to keep this list of moderate size, links are given to more complete lists for countries with large numbers of small or uninhabited islands.
Note: many Polynesian languages have a glottal stop, which in most of them is seldomly written, however. If a name with a < > cannot be found, try to rewrite it without it. See 'okina for more info.
American Samoa (United States)
Aunuu
Ofu
Olosega
Rose Atoll
Swains Island (Olosenga, Olohega) (disputed)
Tau
Tutuila
Baker Island (United States)
Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia; Palau)
Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei
Yap
Ulithi
Chuuk
Puluwat
Kosrae
Palau
Babeldaob
Ioueldaob
Koror
Southwest Islands
Clipperton Island (France)
Cook Islands
Aitutaki
Atiu
Pamati (Palmerston)
Mangaia
Manihiki (Humphrey)
Manuae (Hervey)
Mauke (Parry)
Mitiaro
Nassau
Pukapuka (Danger)
Rakahanga (Reirson)
Rarotonga
Suwarrow (Anchorage)
Takutea
Tongareva (Penrhyn)
Desventuradas Islands (Chile)
East Timor
Timor
Easter Island/Rapa Nui (Chile)
Fiji Islands
Principal islands:
Viti Levu
Vanua Levu
Significant outliers:
Conway Reef
Kadavu
Taveuni
Rotuma
Archipelagos:
Kadavu Group
Lau Islands
Lomaiviti Islands
Mamanuca Islands
Moala Islands
Ringgold Isles
Rotuma Group
Vanua Levu Group
Viti Levu Group
Yasawa Islands
French Polynesia ("Tahiti", Autonomous Overseas Territory of France)
Austral Islands
Tubuai
Society Islands
Iles du Vent (Windward Islands)
Moorea
Tahiti
Tetiaroa
Maiao
Mehetia
Iles Sous le Vent (Leeward Islands)
Bora Bora
Huahine
Maupiti
Raiatea & Tahaa
Tupai
Mopelia (aka Maupihaa)
Manuae (aka Scilly Atoll)
Motu One (aka Bellinghausen)
Marquesas
Fatu Hiva
Hiva Oa
Nuku Hiva
Tahuata
Ua Huka
Ua Pou
Tuamotus
Rangiroa
Fakarava
Moruroa
Fangataufa
Gambier Islands
Mangareva
Helena Island
Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati)
Hawaii (United States; see also Hawaiian Islands)
Main islands
Hawaii
Kahoolawe
Kauai
Lanai
Maui
Molokai
Niihau
Oahu
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Kaʻula
Nihoa
Necker
French Frigate Shoals
Gardner Pinnacles
Maro Reef
Laysan
Lisianski
Pearl and Hermes Reef
Midway
Kure
Howland Island (United States)
Indonesia
Johnston Atoll (United States)
Juan Fernández Islands (Chile)
Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
Macauley Island
Raoul Island
Line Islands
Caroline Island
Flint Island (Kiribati)
Jarvis Island (United States)
Kingman Reef (United States)
Kiritimati/Christmas Island (Kiribati)
Malden Island (Kiribati)
Palmyra Atoll (United States)
Starbuck Island (Kiribati)
Tabuaeran/Fanning Island (Kiribati)
Teraina/Washington Island (Kiribati)
Tongareva/Penhryn Island (Cook Islands)
Vostok Island (Kiribati)
Lord Howe Island (Australia)
Marcus Island (Japan)
Marianas Islands (United States)
Guam
Northern Marianas Islands
Saipan
Rota
Tinian
Maug
Pagan Island
Alamagan
Farallon de Pajaros
Marshall Islands
Bikini
Enewetak
Kwajalein
Rongelap
Majuro
Norfolk Island (Australia)
Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands)
Chuuk (Truk)
Puluwat
Pohnpei
Kosrae
Yap
Ulithi
Nauru
New Caledonia ("Kanaky", France)
Chesterfield Islands
Ilots du Mouillage
New Caledonia
Isle of Pines
Belep Islands
New Caledonia
Loyalty Islands
Bagao
Lifou Island
Maré Island
Ouvéa Island
Tiga Island
New Zealand ("Aotearoa", see also Islands of New Zealand)
Chatham Islands
Chatham Island
Pitt Island
D'Urville Island
Great Barrier Island
Kapiti Island
North Island
South Island
Stewart Island/Rakiura
Waiheke Island
Niue (Savage Island)
Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Admiralty Islands
New Britain
New Ireland
Saint Matthias Group
Bougainville
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Louisiade Archipelago
Trobriand Islands
Phoenix Islands (Kiribati)
Pitcairn Islands (UK)
Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico)
Samoa
Savaii
Upolu
Apolima
Manono
Nuutele
Solomon Islands (see also Islands of the Solomon Islands)
Bellona
Choiseul
Florida Island
Guadalcanal
Malaita
Maramasike
New Georgia Islands
Rennell
Russell Islands
San Cristobal
Santa Cruz Islands
Santa Isabel
Shortland Islands
Sikaiana (Stewart Islands)
Tulagi
Ulawa
Uki
Tokelau
Atafu (Duke of York Island)
Fakaofo (Bowditch Island)
Nukunonu (Duke of Clarence Island)
Olohega (Swains island) (disputed)
Tonga (only main islands or groups, on north-south order. See also complete list of islands in Tonga)
Niuafoou
Niuatoputapu (Keppel's Island)
Vavau
Kao
Tofua
Haapai
Tongatapu
Eua
Torres Strait Islands (Australia)
Tuvalu (see also Islands of Tuvalu)
Funafuti (atoll of at least 30 islands)
Nanumanga (or Nanumaga)
Nanumea (atoll of at least 6 islands)
Niulakita
Niutao
Nui (atoll of at least 21 islands)
Nukufetau (atoll of at least 33 islands)
Nukulaelae (atoll of at least 15 islands)
Vaitupu (atoll of at least 9 islands)
Vanuatu (New Hebrides; see also Islands of Vanuatu)
Ambrym
Anatom
Aoba
Éfaté
Erromango
Espiritu Santo
Futuna
Hunter (claimed by France and Vanuatu)
Îles Banks
Îles Torres
Maéwo
Matthew (claimed by France and Vanuatu)
Malakula
Pentecóte
Tanna
Wake Island (United States)
Wallis and Futuna (France)
Alofi
Futuna
Wallis (Uvea)
Willis Island (Australia)
See also List of islands
List of islands in the United States
List of islands in the Arctic Ocean
List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
List of islands in the Caribbean
List of islands in the Indian Ocean
List of islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
List of islands of Australia
List of islands of Asia
List of islands belonging to Kiribati
List of islands of New Zealand
List of islands of North America
List of islands of South America
List of islands in Tonga
Footnotes
References
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