Polynesian Triangle

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cultural region geographic region region of the Pacific Ocean

The Polynesian Triangle is a vast region of the Pacific Ocean defined by the points of Hawaiʻi, Aotearoa (New Zealand), and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), within which traditional Polynesian cultures and languages are found.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Polynesian Triangle canonical 3
Eastern Polynesia 1
Polynesian Triangle (as ancestral homeland area) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
region of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
associatedWith Austronesian expansion ⓘ
Lapita culture ⓘ
Polynesian navigation ⓘ
borders Melanesia ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
contains American Samoa ⓘ
Cook Islands ⓘ
Easter Island ⓘ
French Polynesia ⓘ
Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
Kermadec Islands ⓘ
Marquesas Islands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Niue ⓘ
Norfolk Island ⓘ
Pitcairn Islands ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
Society Islands ⓘ
Tahiti ⓘ
Tokelau ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
Tuamotu Archipelago ⓘ
Tuvalu ⓘ
Wallis and Futuna ⓘ
culturalCoreOf Polynesians ⓘ
surface form: Polynesian people
definedBy New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ
surface form: Hawaiʻi

Easter Island ⓘ
surface form: Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
hasApproximateArea over 10 million square miles ⓘ
over 25 million square kilometers ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Polynesian languages ⓘ
traditional Polynesian cultures ⓘ
hasCorner New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Aotearoa

Easter Island ⓘ
Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ
surface form: Hawaiʻi

New Zealand ⓘ
Easter Island ⓘ
surface form: Rapa Nui
hasHistoricalSignificance evidence of long-distance ocean voyaging ⓘ
prehistoric human settlement of remote Pacific islands ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Oceania ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
usedIn Pacific studies ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polynesian outliers → outsideOf → Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
Mangarevans → region → Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Polynesia
Proto-Polynesian language → region → Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian Triangle (as ancestral homeland area)
Kapingamarangi → outsideOf → Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
Tokelauans → oceanicRegion → Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
Chilean Pacific islands → culturalRegion → Polynesian Triangle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian Triangle (for Easter Island)