(Placename) an uninhabited group of islands in the S Atlantic, southeast of Cape Horn: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962 (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 621 sq km (240 sq miles) ...
He encouraged all forum members to develop national security policies that would serve as building blocks to securing their Blue Pacific and maintaining a region of peace, security and stability. The new declaration would enable forum members to work better collectively and forge a secure and stable...
towns. A form of primogeniture is practiced in which an oldest brother acts as a kind of corporate head of a sibling group that works its farming parcels collectively until other opportunities draw siblings away to other ventures. Distinctions among subsistence parcels, pastureland, government-issued...
While some studies have reported shoreline erosion and island loss (Albert et al., 2016; Nunn et al., 2017; Garcin et al., 2016), collectively, the majority of islands examined have been stable or have expanded on reef surfaces under relative sea-level rise (McLean and Kench, 2015; Du...
This chapter discusses the hydrogeology of selected Islands of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). FSM, a new nation in the Pacific, consists of 607 islands spread across more than 2 million km 2 of the western Pacific Ocean within an east-west chain of islands known collectively as ...
The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral relations between Fiji and Kiribati and discussed the restoration of unity in the Blue Pacific family as well as reaffirming the need to collectively work in unity and promote regional cooperation as enshrined in the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific...
Guam is the southernmost and largest of the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, situated about 2,200 km south of Tokyo [...] daccess-ods.un.org 地理:关岛是太平洋马里亚纳群 岛最南 端最 大 的 岛屿 ,位 于东京以南 2 200 公里、夏威夷西南偏西 6 000 公里。 daccess-ods.un.org...
Collectively, they fill the roles of some seven different families of birds that are found on mainland South America. READ MORE: Beautiful European Birds: A Guide to 10 Endemic Species 5. Galapagos Flightless Cormorant Latin Name: Phalacrocorax harrisi Habitat: Galapagos Islands Size: 35 to 40...
One of four volcanic islands (which are collectively known as the Pitcairn Islands) that form the last British Overseas Territory in the Pacific, 2.8-square-mile Pitcairn is best known as the hideout of the HMS Bounty mutineers. After the crew of the famous Royal Navy vessel set Captain Blig...
The island now has more than 30 SCUBA diving businesses, with more planned to open, and nearly the same number of SCUBA shops on the neighboring islands of Gili Meno and Gili Air collectively. Most dive shops are located on the main beachfront road on the eastern shore, where most of the...