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ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 437 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN See also:

Area, Area, Area, See also:MELANESIA. Sq m pop. See also:MICRONESIA. Sq m POp. See also:POLYNESIA. Sq m. Pop. See also:Fiji 7,435 121,000 See also:Gilbert See also:Island 166 30,000 See also:America Islands . 26o 300 Louisiade Archip. 850 5,000 See also:Cook Islands'. IIr 6,200 To See also:Great See also:Santa Cruz Island 38o 5,000 See also:Ellice Islands . . 14 2,400 See also:Britain.

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Solomon Islands See also:Manihiki Islands 12 1,000 (See also:part) 12,800 135,000 See also:Niue . 36 4,000 I See also:Phoenix Islands 16 6o See also:Pitcairn 2 170 See also:Tokelau Islands . 7 500 See also:Tonga Islands. 385 19,000 See also:Total, See also:British . . . 21,465 266,000 . . . . . . 166 30,000 . . . . . . 843 33,630 To See also:United See also:Guam .

. . . 200 9,000 See also:

Hawaii . . 6,651 154,000 States of America . See also:Samoa (part) . . 95 6,000 Total, U.S.A - - . . . . . . 200 9,000 . . . . . . 6,746 r6o,000 To See also:France . See also:Loyalty Island 1,050 20,000 Ma uesas Islands 490 4,300 New See also:Caledonia .

6,450 52,000 Pa otu Archip. 364 5,000 Society Islands 637 18,500 See also:

Tubuai Islands . 110 2,000 See also:Wallis Archip. 40 4,500 Total, See also:French 7,500 72,000 . . . . . . - -' . . . . . . 1,641 34,300 To See also:Germany. See also:Bismarck Archip. 20,000 i88,000 See also:Caroline Islands .

38o 36,000 Samoa (part) . . 985 33,000 Solomon Islands See also:

Mariana Islands (part) . . . 4,200 45,000 (excl. Guam) . 245 2,500 See also:Marshall Islands . 16o 15,000 Pelew Islands . 175 3,100 Total, See also:German 24,200 233,000 . . . . . . 96o 56,600 . . .

. . 985 33,000 New See also:

Hebrides 2 .

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