Map Of East Asia Australia And The Pacific Islands
Note that australia and new zealand are both in the south pacific.
Map of east asia australia and the pacific islands. This is a list of islands in the pacific ocean collectively called the pacific islands three major groups of islands in the pacific ocean are melanesia micronesia and polynesia depending on the context pacific islands may refer to countries and islands with common austronesian origins islands once or currently colonized or oceania the indigenous inhabitants of the pacific islands are. He derived it from the latin for south of asia and differentiated the area from polynesia to the east and the southeast pacific magellanica. It is giant dangerous as well as home to much different kind of water species some of which. Are you a geo genius or at least master of the unit s verse.
Central intelligence agency 1992. The term may also include parts of russia on the north pacific and countries in the americas which are on the coast of the eastern pacific ocean. Test your knowledge by taking the world cultures and geography interactive quiz for this unit. The pacific ocean is bounded by the asia in the south australia in the west and in the east by america.
South pacific map including islands in polynesia oceania and southeast asia. The south pacific is etched into the traveller s sub conscious as a series of glorious sunny relaxed palm fringed beaches surrounded by. The largest and the deepest of the earth s oceanic division is the pacific ocean. Visiting the south pacific.
Charles de brosses coined the term as french australasie in histoire des navigations aux terres australes 1756. The taiwan documents project does not endorse any political inferences that may be derived from the shading or typography of the following map. East asia australia and the pacific islands east asia australia and the pacific islands. Can also search by keyword such as type of business.
Selecting a cable on the map projection or from the submarine cable list provides access to the cable s profile including the cable s name ready for service rfs date length owners website. In australia australasia is considered to be australia new zealand new guinea and the neighbouring islands of the pacific. Pacific islands island geographic region of the pacific ocean it comprises three ethnogeographic groupings melanesia micronesia and polynesia but conventionally excludes the neighbouring island continent of australia the asia related indonesian philippine and japanese archipelagoes and the ryukyu bonin volcano and kuril island arcs that project seaward from japan. Provides directions interactive maps and satellite aerial imagery of many countries.
This is the largest ocean and the depth of the ocean blow off the human imagination.