The Pacific Islands are a collection of beautiful and diverse countries and territories located in the southwesternPacific Ocean. These islands are known for their stunning natural beauty, rich cultural heritage, and unique ecosystems. The region includes thousands of islands, each with their own uniqu...
Waves in this region are generated from the Indian Ocean, the Tasman and the South Pacific Ocean. Gimme More! Submit a Surf Spot Surf Map Guide Surf Travel Forum Surfing Holidays Packing for a Surf Trip Packing a Board Bag Surf Travel Insurance ...
Pacific Palisades is an affluent neighborhood on the West Side of Los Angeles in Southern California, adjacent to Santa Monica. The district is a primarily residential area with expensive houses amongst the hills offering incredible ocean views....
(i.e., noninstrumental) navigation methods over the long ocean routes that Polynesians had once traveled. In 1975 the society launched the first such vessel, theHokule’a, and in 1976 sailed it from Hawaii to Tahiti and back. They have continued to sail theHokule’aas well as other ...
Largest of the planet's bodies of water, the Pacific Ocean covers nearly 64 million square miles, or about 28 percent of the Earth's surface, more than the combined area of the world's continents. Its width at the equator is about half the world's circumference. Size-wise, the Pacific...
Here, we evaluate the risks to the sustainability of the ten tuna-dependent Pacific Island economies by simulating changes to tuna biomass in their EEZs and in high-seas areas in the western and central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) and eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) under different greenhouse gas (GHG)...
"We're giving them those other choices. And those other choices mean having the U.S. have their backs, having the U.S. standing with them side by side as they address some of the challenges that China is forcing upon them," U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Linda Tho...
, as shown in this map. Please click on each country for basic information about its population size, number of languages spoken, and number of islands in each country. The number of languages spoken in a country is important, because the language in which statecraft is conducted can determine...
This map was created by using Ocean Data View software39. sediment core contained a high inventory of 241Am. The aims of this study, performed on a sediment core taken at the same Lombok Basin station17, were to 1. determine, if high 241Am concentrations at the Lombok Basin site are ...
The Chilean government has protested the publication of an official map in Peru that asserts Peru's claim to an area of the Pacific Ocean to which each country claims exclusive rights. Chile withdrew its ambassador from Lima in mid-August after the map was published, while the president of ...