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North Pacific Ocean: French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Adélie Land: Dumont d'Urville Station: 432,000 [26] Overseas territory: Antarctica: Under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty. Crozet Islands: Alfred Faure: 340 [26] Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Islands: Port-aux-Français: 7,215 [26] Population: 45 researchers in winter, 110 in summer. Saint ...
New Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) [nb 2] is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, [5] and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.
The French frigate Floréal in November 2002, at anchor in Bora Bora lagoon. Anthropologists and historians believe the Great Polynesian Migration commenced around 1500 BC as Austronesian peoples went on a journey using celestial navigation to find islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
Tahiti ( English: / təˈhiːti /; Tahitian [taˈhiti]; [2] French pronunciation: [ta.iti]) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Australia. [3] [4] Divided into two parts, Tahiti Nui (bigger, northwestern ...
Clipperton Island (French: La Passion–Clipperton [la pasjɔ̃ klipœʁtɔn]; Spanish: Isla de la Pasión ), also known as Clipperton Atoll[ 5] and previously as Clipperton's Rock, [ 6] is an 8.9 km 2 (3.4 sq mi) uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The only French territory in the North Pacific, Clipperton is 10,675 km ...
Bora Bora ( French: Bora-Bora; Tahitian: Pora Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km 2 (12 sq mi).
The Society Islands ( French: Îles de la Société, [ 2][ 3] officially Archipel de la Société; [ 4][ 5] Tahitian: Tōtaiete mā) [ 6] are an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean that includes the major islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora and Huahine. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the ...
The Tuamotu Archipelago[ 2][ 3] or the Tuamotu Islands[ 4][ 5] ( French: Îles Tuamotu, [ 6][ 7] officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a French Polynesian chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean. They constitute the largest chain of atolls in the world, extending (from northwest to southeast) over an area roughly ...