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2 days ago · For the visitor, Pacific Harbour is a jumping-off spot to a number of ocean and land-based attractions that have become exceeding popular. First and foremost, offshore is the Beqa (pronounced Beng-a) Passage with Beqa Island and Lagoon, a 45-minute boat ride away which has some of the best dive sites in Fiji.
1 day ago · History New Caledonia was part of the continent Zealandia , which broke off from the supercontinent Gondwana between 79 million and 83 million years ago. [11] The earliest traces of human presence in New Caledonia date back to the period when the Lapita culture was influential in large parts of the Pacific, c. 1600 –500 BC or 1300–200 BC. [12]
3 days ago · Tuvalu, country in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It is composed of nine small coral islands scattered in a chain lying approximately northwest to southeast over a distance of some 420 miles (676 km). Tuvalu. The de facto capital is the village of Vaiaku, where most government offices are located.
2 days ago · 2005 estimate. The Marshall Islands ( Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ ), [5] officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ ), [note 1] is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The territory consists of 29 ...
3 days ago · Vanua Levu (Savusavu & Labasa) Vanua Levu (pronounce Va-new-ah Lay-vu), with a population of approximately 130,000, is the second largest island of the Fiji archipelago. With an area of 5538 square kilometers, it is slightly larger than half the size of Viti Levu. The island measures 180 kilometers long and has an average width of 33 kilometers.
3 days ago · 1. Fiji is comprised of more than 300 islands and over 500 small islets in the South Pacific Ocean. What is the name of its largest island, which is also the location of the country's capital, Suva? Answer: Viti Levu. Viti Levu is around the same size as the largest Hawaiian island, Hawai'i.
5 days ago · New Zealand, island country in the South Pacific Ocean, the southwesternmost part of Polynesia. The country comprises two main islands—the North and South islands—and a number of small islands, some of them hundreds of miles from the main group. The capital city is Wellington and the largest urban area Auckland.
