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American, or Eastern, Samoa, 4,000 km southwest of Hawaii, is the only U. territory south of the equator. Is one of the finest in the South Pacific, a natural hurricane shelter for shipping. It was this feature that attracted American attention in the late 19th century, as Germany built a vast commercial empire based around coconut cultivation on neighboring Upolu.
The Cook Islands lie in the center of the Polynesian triangle about 4,500 km south of Hawaii. COOK ISLANDS AT A GLANCE. After Tahiti, the Cook Islands is inexpensive. Other words to know are.
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124; Wallis and Futuna. The Polynesian triangle stretches across the Pacific from New Zealand to Easter Island and north to Hawaii. The Polynesian countries and territories included on our South Pacific map are French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tonga, American Samoa, Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, and Tuvalu.
Niue lies 400 km east of Tonga, on the outer edge of Western Polynesia. Air New Zealand flies to Niue from Auckland once a week.
Our gallery of Pacific travel photos introduces Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. From Easter Island and Tahiti in the east to Fiji and the Solomon Islands in the west, these travel pictures are intended to give you a sense of the South Pacific. Rainmaker Mountain, Pago Pago Harbor, and a National Park.
The sultry, verdant isles of Samoa, two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand, lie in the very heart of the South Pacific. Independent since 1962 and called Western Samoa until 1997, this is the larger portion of an archipelago split apart by colonialism in 1899. Although both Samoa and American Samoa. Or Samoan way, continues to flourish. Sons for the Return Home. Finds he can no longer accept the. Sanctioned authority of his mother, while.
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In British colonial times it was known as the Union Group. The central atoll, Nukunonu, is 92 km from Atafu and 64 km from Fakaofo. Each atoll consists of a ribbon of coral. Tokelau lies 500 km north of Upolu, halfway between Samoa and the Phoenix Islands of Kiribati.
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Norfolk Island is but a speck on the surrounding two million empty square miles of seascape. In the South Pacific Ocean, this three by five mile volcanic outcrop is a subtropical paradise - but a paradise which has known inhuman brutality. Discovered by Captain James Cook, it was claimed by him for Great Britain and named in honour of the Duchess of Norfolk.