Three main oceania regions: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia
Map of Polynesia
Polynesia (from Dr. Greek. πολύς and νῆσος - Many islands) - subregion consisting of more than 1000 islands scattered through the central and southern part of the Pacific Ocean between 23 ° 30's. sh. - 28 ° sh. and 176 ° c. d. - 109 ° 20'z. D. Indigenous peoples inhabiting Polynesia Islands are called Polynesians. They have a lot of similar features, including language, culture and beliefs. Historically, they are experimental seafarers who can swim at night and navigate the stars.
The term "Polynesia" was first used by the French writer Charll Chalter in 1756, and at first applied to all the Pacific Islands. In 1831, during a lecture in the Paris Geographical Society, the French traveler, the navigator, Oceanographer Jules Dimon Durville proposed a restriction on the use of the term.
Forms a triangle whose vertices are: Hawaiian Islands in the north, in the south-east and south-west, but on these islands now Polynesians make up only a small part of the population, even less people own Polynesian languages.
In modern polynesia, English is widely common (on most islands), French (in French Polynesia, as well as in, along with English - c). Spanish prevails on Easter Island.
Geography of Polynesia
"Polynesian triangle"
Geology
Islands mainly volcanic and coral origin. Volcanic islands Highlands (height of over 4000 m; in the Hawaiian Islands 4202 m), coral - flat, low. On the islands of Hawaii and Samoa - the current volcanoes. Most of the islands are surrounded by coral reefs.
Territory
Polynesia Square (without New Zealand) is 26 thousand km².
Population
Polynesia population is 1.2 million people (1969).
History of Polynesia
Main article: History of Polynesia
Groups of Islands
Cook Bay on Moorea Island, French Polynesia
Border areas
The history of the peoples of Polynesia
Main article: Polynesians
Culture of the peoples of Polynesia
Polynesia languages
The main languages \u200b\u200bof Polynesia are Polynesian languages. English and French are also common as external languages.
Economics of States Polynesia
Polisia State Policy
The navigation of the peoples of Polynesia
These nations, being the "nations of the sea", perfectly owned the art of the navigation, which was vital. They knew the cards of the starry sky, focused on them, knew the directions of winds, nearby islands and much more. Polynesian ships (ProA) can be considered full conquerors of the Pacific Ocean.
State device
| Island (a) | State Affiliation | Capital, Administrative Center | Population size |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Tutuil Island) | 65 519 (2013) | ||
| Hawaiian Islands | (Oahu Island) | 1 360 301 (2010) | |
| Western Samoa | republic | , Ostola Island | 188 540 (2008) |
| (North Island) | 4 443 900 (2012) | ||
| 1 398 (2009) | |||
| (Rarotong Island) | 19 569 (2006) | ||
| atoll Fakofo. | 1 411 (2011) | ||
| Isla de Paskua (Easter Island) | Special Territory and Province | Anga Roa. | 5 806 (2012) |
| Overseas territory | Adamstall | 69 people (2013) | |
| kingdom | (Tongatapu Island) | 120 898 (2009) | |
| Independent member of the British Commonwealth | Funafuti | 10 544 (2011) | |
| Tubuia Marquis Islands Islands of the Company Tuamotu Gambier Islands |
French Polynesia (France Overseas Community) | (Tahiti Island) | 291 thousand (2010) |
| Overseas Community France | , Wallis Island | 13 445 (2008) | |
| Islands Line | , | 8 809 (2005) | |
| Phoenix Islands | On the island of Canton | 41 (2005) |
Notes
- Hiroa, Te Rangi (Sir Peter Henry Buck). Vikings of the Sunrise. - Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd, Reprinted 1964. - P. 67.
- Don Macnaughtan - Lane Community College Library - Bibliography of Prehistoric Settlement on Norfolk Island, The Kermadecs, Lord Howee, And The Auckland Islands (Neopr.) . Lanecc.edu. Caption date September 11, 2011. Archived August 5, 2012.
- O'connor, TOM. Polynesians In The Southern Ocean: Occupation of the auckland Islands in Prehistory In New Zealand Geographic 69 (September-October 2004): 6-8)
- To The Final Shore: Prehistoric Colonisation of the Subantarctic Islands in South Polynesia IN. Australian Archaeologist: Collected Papers in Honour Of Jim Allen CANBERRA: AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, 2000. 440-454.
- Anderson, Atholl J., & Gerard R. O'Regan The Polynesian Archaeology of the Subantarctic Islands: An Initial Report On Enderby Island Southern Margins Project Report. Dunedin: NGAI Tahu Development Report, 1999
- Anderson, Atholl J. Subpolar Settlement in South Polynesia Antiquity 79.306 (2005): 791-800
- Invincible territory of the United States (Unincorporated and Unorganized Territory).
- Independent state, freely associated with New Zealand
- Dependent territory of New Zealand
Polynesia. Traditional wedding dance. Polynesia, one of the main island groups in Oceania, in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. It stretches from north to south from the Hawaiian Islands to New Zealand (which is sometimes included in Polynesia). Square … Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary
Polynesia - generalizing name about the Second World War to Center, Pacific Parts: Hawaiian, Cook, Line, Marquis, Society, Easter, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamot, Tubuai, Tuvalu, Wallis, Fu Tuna and ... Geographic Encyclopedia
POLYNESIA - "Multiostrovier", otherwise called. Oceania, the islands of the Great Ocean, lying north and east of Australia. A full dictionary of foreign words included in Russian. Popov M., 1907. Polynesia (Greek, from Polys many, and Nesos ... ... Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language
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POLYNESIA - One of the main island groups in Oceania, in the central part of quiet OK. It is stretched from Hawaiian about the Second World War in North. Zealand (which is sometimes included in Polynesia) in the south. Area (without new. Zealand) OK. 26 thousand km & sup2. Basic groups ... ... Big Encyclopedic Dictionary
Polynesia - I one of the main island groups in Oceania, in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. It is stretched from the Hawaiian Islands in the north to New Zealand (which is sometimes included in Polynesia) in the south. Area (without New Zealand) about 26 thousand km2. ... ... encyclopedic Dictionary
polynesia - South., Number of synonyms: 1 Australia (8) Dictionary of Synonyms ASIS. V.N. Trishin. 2013 ... Synonym dictionary
POLYNESIA - (French). Territory 4.2 thousand k.km, population, 150 thousand people. The basis of the economy is agriculture, fishing and mining of pearl shells and pearls. The number of sheep 3 thousand ... World shepherdie
Polynesia - I Polynesia (from Poly ... and Greek. Nesos island) Island Oceania (see Oceania) located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean, between 23 ° 30 s. sh. 28 ° sh. and 176 ° c. 109 ° 20 s. P. P. includes: Tonga Islands (independent state with ... ... Great Soviet Encyclopedia
POLYNESIA - French Polynesia. Located in the extreme east of Oceania. ... ... Encyclopedia of countries of the world
Books
- Board game "Polynesia" (8783), Book Rainer. Where the sun is always shining, the furious ocean is noise, and at home they stand right on the water, cheerful polynesians live. They are not only skillful hunters and artisans, NIA prompt merchants. You - ... buy for 2192 rubles
- In the southern seas, Stevenson Robert Lewis. Genuine, and not fictional adventures of the best of the authors of the English historical adventure prose. Exotic Polynesia - the eyes of the Great Robert Louis Stevenson, who accomplished ...
French Polynesia has the status of an autonomous territory. The French government represents the High Commissioner. The legislature is the Territorial Assembly, is elected by the population for a period of five years. The executive belongs to the Government of Polynesia. The territory is represented in the French Parliament with one senator and two deputies of the National Assembly.
Islands scattered on the territory of more than 4 thousand square meters. km. In the east of the southern Pacific, the official name is French Polynesia. The main attractions of the French Polynesia are her islands! This peculiar enclave unites 118 islands and the atolls and is divided into five archipelagos: the Islands of the Company, the Astral Islands, the Marquis Islands, Tuamot Islands and the islands of Mangarev. Tahiti, which is often called the "Island of Love", covers an area of \u200b\u200babout 700 square meters. km. Deep green valleys are completely covered with thick tropical forests, mild fern thickets, among which the cool waters of mountain flows, waterfalls falling into the rivers aspiring to the ocean.
Islands are divided into the so-called "high" and "low" islands. The "high" islands represent a very crossed landscape. The vertices of the mountains are above 2,000 meters, such as, for example, to Tahiti. "Low" islands, or the atol, are surrounded by lagunis with very rich and specific fluoro and fauna.
French Polynesia Islands: Map
1. Tahiti Island (Tahiti)
The largest island in the island of the island in French Polynesia. Tahiti is the economic, cultural and political center of French Polynesia. Tahiti is part of the French Polynesia, this is a semi-autonomous territory of France. Tahiti, the word causes the vision of the Paradise Island. Tahiti boasts high, majestic mountains, coral reefs, turquoise-blue lagoons, white sand, beaches with palm trees and luxury resorts.
Fascinating video about Tahiti
2. Tetiaroa Island (Tetiaroa)
The island is famous for the fact that he was acquired by Marlon Brando, to whom I liked it during the filming of the film "Rebellious of the" Bounty "," in 1966 and he just fell in love with the beauty of the French Polynesia and was fascinated by the island of Tetiaroa. After Marlon Brando's death, the island switched to the ownership of the Taitian Development Company and in 2014 a high-class premium class resort was opened on the island.
3. Maputi Island (Maupiti)
Maputa Island is located at the extreme West of French Polynesia, about 300 km from Tahiti. This is a small island with a surface of about 9 square meters. km and about 1,200 inhabitants. Lying 40 km west of Bora Bora, Maputa, this is a miniature copy of its large neighbor. Like boron boron, the coral atoll is surrounded by the island of volcanic origin.
4. Taha Island (Tahaa)
Located between the Islands of Bora Bora and Huahin, Taha divides the surrounding coral reef with the nearby Island of Riatea. Taha is known as the capital of Vanilla, and as a result of this smell of "Vanilla Island". Taha has an economy that does not depend on tourism as other islands and therefore it is less than resorts and tourists. This is the perfect place for travelers interested in the native Polynesian life, however, it is a great place to buy a sophisticated black pearl.
5. Raiatea Island (Raiatea)
Delivers the surrounding coral reef with Taha Island, Riatea is the second largest from the Islands of French Polynesia and the administrative center of the Archipelago of the League Islands. Often referred to as the "Sacred Island", Riatea is considered a place where migration began to the Hawaiian Islands and other parts of East Polyesia. Tourists can see the ancient shrines and artifacts here, which are best here to be preserved from all the islands of French Polynesia.
6. Huahine Islands (Huahine)
In fact, these are two islands, big and small huahine. Huahine is surrounded by a coral reef and are connected to each other tiny bridge. Huahine is replete with secluded bays and some of the bays represent the best surfing places. On the south-west coast of Small Huahin there is one of the most beautiful beaches in French Polynesia with crystal clear water, ideal for snorkeling.
7. Moorea Island (Moorea)
Moorea by Polynesian means yellow lizard. The island is located just 30 minutes away by catamaran from Tahiti Island, Moorea boasts one of the most impressive landscapes among the Islands of French Polynesia. The ancient volcano is located on the island. Mount Tokhivea, which broke in half during a catastrophic explosion for several centuries ago, earning the nickname for their own kind "shark tooth". A hike to the top of the mountain offers tourists a breathtaking view of the surrounding mountains and the nearby islands. Moorea Together with Bora Bora and Tahiti, the main tourist destination in French Polynesia, a third of all tourists comes to this island.
8. The famous Island of Bora Bora (Bora Bora)
The idyllic island of Bora-Bora acquired his glory, thanks to a calm turquoise lagoon and white sandy beaches, which are under the protection of coral reef, which surrounds it around the perimeter. Bora Bora is a major international tourist center, known for its luxury resorts. Scuba diving and diving among lemon sharks, green turtles and other marine animals inhabiting coral reefs are the most popular view of the rest on Bora Bora.
Video: Paraise Polynesia
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Oceania is a million islands scattered in the Southern Pacific Ocean between Australia and South America, and the most rarely visited by tourists part of the world, so the editorial office of our site comes over for you the farthest archipelago and brought photos and stories (almost guidebooks!) On the most powerful tika And the most sacred marae.
Oceania is divided into three regions: Micronesia (in the North-West; it is here - and), Melanesia (in the West; here - Papua, and) and Polynesia (in the East and South; here are located, for example, and). The separation is based not directly directly on geography, climate, or geology, and the ethnographic - boundaries of parts are held on the borders of races, peoples and language groups.
This is the directory page and the guide page: here the complete list of Oceania states (large are divided into archipelago), and then - links to the stories about the island:
Polynesia
Hawaii, USA
Cook Islands
New Zealand
Pitchern Island
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Samoa
Tonga
Tuvalu
Wallis and Futuna
French polynesia
Nobody knows what French Polynesia is and where she is, but in fact everything is simple: French Polynesia is a grand island country size with Western Europe, the overseas territory of France in the south of the Pacific Ocean, consists of about 6 (six) scattered across the archipelago . From the western archipelago of society (where the capital island of Tahiti) to the extreme Eastern Gambier archipelago - 4 hours of flight on the turboprop aircraft.
Islands of the Company
Marquis Islands
Tuamot Islands
Rapa Island
Micronesia
GUAM, USA
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
The state in the Caroline Islands, divides them with Palau. Do not be confused with the geographic region of Micronesia. F.Sh.m., on the manner S.Sh.A., 4 states: Yap, Koshrey, Ponay and Truk / Chuch. Islands F.Sh.m. Only a common colonial past first under Spain, then Germany, Japan and the United States (from which they have received independence and steel, actually by the federal states of Micronesia, are connected.
Yap Island
Truk Island (Chuch)
The most dangerous place in Oceania: the local population, when he drinks in the evening, very unkind. But at the same time, this is the most cool place for diving in the whole Oceania: at the bottom of the crystal-clean lagoon on the white sand, ships and aircraft are flooded in World War II.
