Pacific Islands

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cultural region geographical region

The Pacific Islands are a vast region of thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean, encompassing diverse Indigenous cultures, languages, and nations such as Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.

Aliases (12)

Pacific Island countries ×4
Pacific Islands region ×3
Pacific islands ×3
Pacific Island nations ×2
Pacific island countries ×2
South Pacific region ×2
Pacific Island countries and territories ×1
Pacific Island region ×1
Pacific Ocean islands ×1
Pasifika ×1
Remote Oceania ×1
South Pacific islands ×1

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region → geographical region →
borderedBy	Americas → Antarctica → Asia →
climateType	subtropical climate → tropical climate →
hasEconomicActivity	fishing → remittances → subsistence agriculture → tourism →
hasEthnicGroup	Melanesians → Micronesians → Polynesians →
hasHistoricalProcess	European colonization → decolonization → nuclear testing →
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian languages → Papuan languages →
hasMajorCity	Apia → Honiara → Nukuʻalofa → Port Moresby → Port Vila → Suva →
hasOrganization	Pacific Islands Forum → Secretariat of the Pacific Community →
hasPart	American Samoa → Australia → Christmas Island → Cocos (Keeling) Islands → Cook Islands → Easter Island → Federated States of Micronesia → Fiji → French Polynesia → Guam → Hawaii → Indonesia → Japan → Kiribati → Marshall Islands → Nauru → New Caledonia → New Zealand → Niue → Norfolk Island → Northern Mariana Islands → Palau → Papua New Guinea → Philippines → Pitcairn Islands → Samoa → Solomon Islands → Taiwan → Timor-Leste → Tokelau → Tonga → Tuvalu → Vanuatu → Wallis and Futuna →
hasRegionalIdentity	Pacific Islander →
hasReligion	Christianity → Indigenous religions →
hasSubregion	Australasia → Island Southeast Asia → Melanesia → Micronesia → Polynesia →
knownFor	Indigenous cultures → linguistic diversity → marine biodiversity → vulnerabilty to climate change →
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean →
partOf	Oceania →
threatenedBy	ocean acidification → sea level rise → tropical cyclones →
usedBy	France for nuclear testing → United Kingdom for nuclear testing → United States for nuclear testing →

Referenced by (62)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bishop Museum → Canberra Agreement → FJ → Pacific Community → Pacific Community → Pacific Islands Forum → Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat → Pacific Regional Environment Programme → South Pacific Commission → U.S. Coast Guard facilities in Pago Pago Harbor ("South Pacific region") →	regionServed
Biketawa Declaration ("Pacific Islands region") → Compact of Free Association with the United States → Maneaba ni Maungatabu → US War Memorial Honiara → Wailuku →	region
Araucariaceae → Artocarpus → Cyathea → Dendrocnide →	nativeTo
Micronesia → Poike ("Pacific Ocean islands") → Rainmaker Mountain → Savo Island ("South Pacific region") →	partOf
Auckland Airport → Port of Auckland →	connectsTo
Central Pacific languages → Gilbertese language group →	spokenIn
Pacific peoples ("Pasifika") →	alsoKnownAs
Pacific peoples →	ancestralOrigin
2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent ("Pacific Islands region") →	appliesTo
Canberra Agreement ("Pacific Island countries") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Boé Declaration on Regional Security ("Pacific Islands region") →	appliesToRegion
Reo Fortune →	areaOfActivity
INDOPACOM ("Pacific Island nations") →	areaOfResponsibility
United States Indo-Pacific Command ("Pacific Island nations") →	areaOfResponsibilityIncludes
Remote Oceanic languages ("Remote Oceania") →	areAssociatedWith
New Zealander ("Pacific Island region") →	associatedWith
Samoans →	demographicsRegion
Time South Pacific →	distributionArea
Wuchereria bancrofti →	endemicIn
Otto von Kotzebue ("Pacific islands") →	explored
HMS Discovery ("South Pacific islands") →	exploredRegion
Pacific Islands Forum ("Pacific island countries") →	foundedBy
Austronesian languages →	geographicDistribution
Christian missionary movements →	hasGeographicScope
Radical Reformation →	hasMainRegion
Pacific Regional Environment Programme ("Pacific island countries") →	hasMember
Indo-Pacific region ("Pacific Island countries") →	hasPart
Oceanic art →	hasRegion
Asia-Pacific →	includesSubregion
Rusa timorensis ("Pacific islands") →	introducedTo
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States →	isCulturalHubFor
United States Indo-Pacific strategy ("Pacific Island countries") →	keyPartner
World War II defences ("Pacific islands") →	locatedIn
2015–2016 Zika virus outbreak →	location
Pacific Community ("Pacific Island countries") →	member
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan →	occupied
Peace Corps →	operatesIn
Air New Zealand →	operatesRegion
Native Hawaiians →	populationRegion
Los Reyes →	regionExplored
Pacific Community ("Pacific Island countries and territories") →	scope