Mele, Vanuatu

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Mele Island also known as Hideaway Island is a Polynesian outlier and islet in Vanuatu.
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Polynesia
Polynesian triangle:Austral Islands Cook Islands Easter Island Gambier Islands Hawaiian Islands Loyalty Islands Marquesas New Zealand Pitcairn Islands Sala y Gmez Samoan Islands Society Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuamotus Tuvalu Wallis and Futuna Islands
Polynesian outliers and peripheral cultures:Anuta Emae Futuna Kapingamarangi Mele Nuguria Nukumanu Nukuoro Ontong Java Ouva Pileni Rennell Rotuma Sikaiana Takuu Tikopia
Polynesian outliers are a number of culturally Polynesian islands which lie in geographic or political Melanesia and Micronesia. Based on archaeological and linguistic analysis, these islands are believed to have been colonized by seafaring Polynesians, mostly from the area of
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islet is a small island. It is not to be confused with eyelet.

Definition of Types

Rock

A "rock", sometimes a synonym for a type of "islet", is a landform composed of rock, lying offshore, having no or minimal vegetation, and uninhabited (see
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Motto
"Long God yumi stanap" (In God we stand)
Anthem
Yumi, Yumi, Yumi


Capital Port Vila

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Polynesia (from Greek: πολύς many, νῆσος island) is a subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
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Polynesian Triangle is a region of the Pacific Ocean anchored by three island groups: Hawai‘i, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and New Zealand. The many island cultures within this vast triangle speak Polynesian languages which are classified by linguists as part of the
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Austral Islands
Native name: Îles Australes<nowiki />

Flag of the Austral Islands

Geography
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Location Pacific Ocean <nowiki />
Archipelago Polynesia<nowiki />

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Anthem
Te Atua Mou E
God is Truth


Capital
(and largest city) Avarua

Official languages English
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Capital Hanga Roa

Official languages Spanish, Rapa Nui
Ethnic groups (2002) Rapanui 60%, Chilean 39%, Amerindian 1%
Demonym Rapanui or Pascuense
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Gambier Islands
Native name: Îles Gambier<nowiki />

Flag of the Gambier Islands

Geography
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Location Pacific Ocean <nowiki />
Archipelago Polynesia<nowiki />

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Hawaiian Islands, once known as the Sandwich Islands, form an archipelago of nineteen islands and atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts trending northwest by southeast in the North Pacific Ocean between latitudes 19° N and 29° N.
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Loyalty Islands
Native name: Îles Loyauté<nowiki />

Flag of Loyalty Islands

Geography
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Location Pacific Ocean
Coordinates
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Marquesas redirects here. You may have been looking for the Marquesas Keys in the U.S. State of Florida.

Marquesas Islands
Native name: Îles Marquises / Te Fenua ‘Enata/Te Henua Kenana<nowiki />
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Anthem
"God Defend New Zealand"
"God Save the Queen" 1


Capital Wellington

Largest city Auckland
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Anthem
"Come ye Blessed"


Capital Adamstown
Largest city Adamstown
Official languages English, Pitkern
Government British Overseas Territory
 -  Sovereign Elizabeth II
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Samoan Islands<nowiki />

Samoan sunset

Geography
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Location Polynesia <nowiki /> <nowiki /> <nowiki /> <nowiki />
Area 3,030 km²<nowiki />
Highest point
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Society Islands
Native name: Îles de la Société<nowiki />

Tahiti

Geography
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Location Pacific Ocean
Coordinates
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Capital None; each atoll has its own administrative center.
Official languages Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Government Constitutional monarchy
 -  Head of State Queen Elizabeth II
 -  Administrator David Payton
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Motto
"Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku tofiʻa"
"God and Tonga are my Inheritance"
Anthem

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Tuamotus
Native name: Îles Tuamotu<nowiki />

Flag of the Tuamotu Islands

Geography
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Location Pacific Ocean <nowiki />
Archipelago Polynesia<nowiki />

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Motto
"Tuvalu mo te Atua"   (Tuvaluan)
"Tuvalu for the Almighty"
Anthem
Tuvalu mo te Atua
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Motto
n/a
Anthem
La Marseillaise


Capital Mata-Utu

Largest city Mata-Utu
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Polynesian outliers are a number of culturally Polynesian islands which lie in geographic or political Melanesia and Micronesia. Based on archaeological and linguistic analysis, these islands are believed to have been colonized by seafaring Polynesians, mostly from the area of
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Anuta is a small high island in the southeastern part of the Solomon Islands province of Temotu.

Description

The island lies about 500 km (300 mi.) to the east-southeast of Nendo, at 11°36'39.00" S lat., 169°51'1.00" E. long.
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Emae (coordinates ) is an island in the Shepherds Islands, Shefa, Vanuatu. Maunga Lasi is the highest peak in the archipelago, at 644 m.
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Futuna is an island in the Tafea province of Vanuatu. It is the easternmost island in the country. It was formed by the uplift of an underwater volcano, which last erupted in the Pleistocene, at least 11,000 years ago. It reaches a height of 666 m.
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Kapingamarangi is an atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, located in the south of the country. Kapingamarangi has a population of about 700, most of whom live on Pohnpei. Their language is Polynesian.
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Mele Island also known as Hideaway Island is a Polynesian outlier and islet in Vanuatu.


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Nuguria or the Nuguria Islands are a Polynesian outlier and islands of Papua New Guinea. They are located nearly 200 km northeast of New Ireland and consist of two closely spaced atoll formations.
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The Nukumanu Islands, part of Papua New Guinea, have a Polynesian population which migrated westwards out of Polynesia. Their language is classified in the Samoic outlier branch of Polynesian.
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Nukuoro is an atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is part of the state of Pohnpei. Nukuoro has a population of less than 300 people though several hundred Nukuorans live on Pohnpei.
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