Infobox islands name SocietyIslands image name Flag of the Society Islands.svg image caption Flag of the SocietyIslands Flag image size locator map Fp map.gif native name les de la Soci t native name link French language nickname location Pacific Ocean coordinates coord 17 32 S 149 50 W type isle display title archipelago SocietyIslands total islands major islands Tahiti , Moorea , Raiatea , Bora Bora , Huahine area km2 1590 highest mount Mont Orohena elevation m 2241 country France country .... 2007 census density km2 143 ethnic groups additional info The SocietyIslands lang fr les de la Soci t or officially Archipel de la Soci t are a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. They are politically ... by Captain James Cook in honour of the Royal Society , the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands however, Cook states in his journal that he called the islandsSociety as they lay ... thumb left Map of SocietyIslands File A view from the AR 72 airplane Over SocietyIslands French Polynesia .jpg thumb left Raiatea clear left Geography The islands are divided, both geographically and administratively into two groups Windward IslandsSocietyIslands Windward Islands les du Vent listed from east to west Mehetia Tahiti Tetiaroa Moorea Maiao Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands Leeward Islands les Sous le Vent Huahine Raiatea Tahaa Bora Bora Tupai Maupiti Maupihaa Mopelia Motu One SocietyIslands Motu One Bellinghausen Manuae SocietyIslands Manuae The islands became a Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans Pacific Islands French protectorate in 1843 ... high desert, near the GI ranch. Includes pioneer stone house. Transport Each of the SocietyIslands ... links http earthfromspace.photoglobe.info spc society islands.html SocietyIslands from Space SocietyIslands Archipelagos of French Polynesia Polynesia Category SocietyIslands Category French Polynesia Category Islands of the SocietyIslands FrenchPolynesia geo stub ar bg ... more details
other uses Leeward Islands disambiguation Infobox islands name Leeward Islands image name Bora Bora.png image caption Bora Bora image size locator map Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands topographic map fr.svg ... SocietyIslands total islands 9 major islands Raiatea , Bora Bora , Huahine , Tahaa area km2 395 ... 84 ethnic groups additional info The Leeward Islands lang fr les Sous le vent lang ty Fenua Raro Mata i , literally Islands Under the Wind are the western part of the SocietyIslands in French Polynesia ... voyage he subsequently revisited the islands twice , he named the Leeward group of islandsSociety ... were annexed and became a colony in 1888 eight years after the Windward IslandsSocietyIslands Windward ... isbn 0810842378 ref ref name Matsuda cite book author Matt K. Matsuda chapter SocietyIslands ... , rum , mother of pearl , and vanilla . The islands include Image Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands ... SocietyIslands Manuae aka Scilly Atoll Maupihaa aka Mopelia Motu One SocietyIslands Motu One ... Satellite image Archipelagos of French Polynesia SocietyIslands Category Islands of the SocietyIslands ... SocietyIslands fi Leewardsaaret th zh yue zh ... Islands part of Kiribati , east of the Cook Islands Cooks and north of the Austral Islands also part of French Polynesia . Their area is 395 km with a population of over 33,000. The islands to the west comprise a three atoll group Manuae SocietyIslands Manuae aka Scilly Atoll , Motu One SocietyIslands Motu One atoll aka Bellinghausen , lying most northerly of the Leeward Islands, and to the southeast ... Islands in the western world due to its World War II USA naval base and subsequent tourism ... Islands, namely Uturoa , as well as the highest elevation, the just over 1,000 m mount Tefatua , and finally ... division lang fr subdivision administrative of French Polynesia. The capital of the Leeward Islands administrative subdivision is Uturoa . The Leeward Islands subdivision administrative des les Sous ... more details
see also Politics of French Polynesia . References reflist Archipelagos of French Polynesia SocietyIslands Category Islands of the SocietyIslands Category Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean FrenchPolynesia ...Infobox islands name Windward Islands image name MooreaArriving.JPG image caption Moorea image size locator map Karta FP Societe isl.PNG native name les du Vent native name link French language nickname location Pacific Ocean coordinates coord 17 32 S 149 50 W type isle display inline,title archipelago SocietyIslands total islands major islands Tahiti , Moorea , Mehetia , Tetiaroa area km2 1195 highest mount Mont Orohena elevation m 2241 country France country admin divisions title Overseas collectivity country admin divisions French Polynesia country capital city Papeete country largest city Papeete country largest city population 131,695 urban country leader title country leader name population 194,623 ref name census fr icon cite web url http www.ispf.pf k1aciwf4z0fyap45ghzhgm55 stat demo rp2007 pdfs poplegales2007.pdf title Recensement de la population 2007 author Institut Statistique de Polyn sie Fran aise ISPF format PDF accessdate 2007 12 02 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20071203110626 http www.ispf.pf k1aciwf4z0fyap45ghzhgm55 stat demo rp2007 pdfs poplegales2007.pdf Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 12 03 ref population as of Aug. 2007 census density km2 163 ethnic groups additional info The Windward Islands lang fr les du Vent are the eastern group of the SocietyIslands in French Polynesia , an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean ... division lang fr subdivision administrative of French Polynesia, and includes the following islands ... Islands form the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands subdivision administrative des ... subdivisions . Geographically, the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands is identical with the electoral district of the Windward Islands circonscription des les du Vent , one of French ... more details
Expand further date May 2012 File Marae, Raiatea 2.jpg thumb 390px Taputapuatea marae Taputapu tea , an ancient marae constructed of stone on Raiatea Ra i tea in the Society Islands. Tahiti and Society Islands mythology comprises the legends, historical tales, and sayings of the ancient people of the Society Islands , consisting of Tahiti , Bora Bora , Raiatea , Huahine , Moorea and other islands. It is considered a variant of a more general Polynesian mythology , developing its own unique character for several centuries. The religion was officially suppressed in the 19th century, and ultimately abandoned by the natives in favor of Christianity . Prominent figures and terms in Tahiti and Society Islands mythology Fati Ro o i Te Hiripoi Ta aroa Taonoui Tumu nui Maui Tahitian mythology Roua Rata Tahitian mythology Pahuanui Pua Tu Tahi Aremata Popoa and Aremata Rorua See also Polynesian mythology Ghosts in Polynesian culture References cite book author R. D. Craig title Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology year 1989 publisher Greenwood Press location New York pages url http books.google.com books?id aKETAAAAYAAJ Category Tahiti and Society Islands mythology ... more details
Infobox islands name Astronomical SocietyIslands image name image caption image size locator map native name native name link Inuktitut nickname location Gulf of Boothia coordinates coord 69 49 59 N 091 34 00 W region CA NU type isle display inline,title name Astronomical SocietyIslands archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago total islands major islands area km2 139 highest mount elevation m country Canada country admin divisions title Provinces and territories of Canada Territory country admin divisions flag Nunavut country admin divisions title 1 Regions of Nunavut Region country admin divisions 1 Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut Kitikmeot country admin divisions title 2 country admin divisions 2 country capital city country largest city country largest city population country leader title country leader name population Uninhabited population as of density km2 ethnic groups additional info The Astronomical SocietyIslands ref cite web url http atlas.nrcan.gc.ca site english maps topo map?mapsize 428 20380&lat 69.8332999976&long 91.5667000026&mapxy 128400.12411 2270529.97922&scale 5000000&feature na Astronomical Society Islands&location1 62&unique key 0c76077e849c20c343b3044d2678072f&searchstring ... 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom1 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom2 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Barrowzoom03 5D 3DFEATURE POINTS 128708.866769 2272000.1775 END END title Astronomical SocietyIslands accessdate 2008 06 10 publisher Atlas of Canada ref are members ... Islands Nunavut Copeland Islands . References Reflist Islands of the Kitikmeot Region Category Islands of the Gulf of Boothia Category Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region KitikmeotNU geo stub de Astronomical Society Inseln fr les de la Soci t astronomique ... more details
About the atoll in the SocietyIslands the unrelated island in the Cook Islands Manuae Cook Islands Infobox Island of French Polynesia name Manuae map Image Scilly Atoll map.jpg thumb 250px Map of Manuae country France br French Polynesia archipelago SocietyIslands br Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands Leeward Islands region South Pacific Ocean area 3.5 coastline peakname peakheight population Circa c. 17 date population 2002 density 4 The atoll of Manuae , also known as Scilly , is located approximately convert 60 km mi abbr on to the northwest of Maupihaa aka Mopelia and convert 255 km mi abbr on to the west of Maupiti , at Coord 16 31 S 154 42 W type isle display inline,title . It is the westernmost of the SocietyIslands Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands Leeward Islands , located 217 mi. 350 km west of Bora Bora and 342 mi. 550 km west of Papeete . Geography Manuae consists of a ring of islands approximately 6 7 mi. in diameter, separated by unnavigable passages, rising just a few feet above sea level . The motu s are covered primarily with coconut palm s and tropical scrub with sandy beaches, and comprise a total land area of about convert 3.5 km2 sqmi abbr on . Administration The atoll is administratively part of the commune in France commune municipality of Maupiti commune Maupiti , itself in the French Polynesia Administrative divisions administrative subdivision of the Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands Leeward Islands . Nature Reserve The atoll s lagoon ... Lesser known SocietyIslands at http www.colonialvoyage.com colonialvoyage.com SocietyIslands Category Atolls of the SocietyIslands Category Uninhabited islands of French Polynesia Category Atolls ... able to sail to Raiatea . There is no evidence that the islands were ever permanently inhabited ... from Australia to the United States. Beginning in 1952, the islands were regularly visited ... by fishermen from Raiatea. The islands, which have no regular ship or airline connections with other ... more details
For Motu One in the Marquesas Islands Motu One disambiguation Image MotuoneISS002 E 9768.PNG thumb right 250px NASA picture of Motu One Atoll. Motu One , also known as Bellinghausen , is an atoll in the Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands Leeward group of the SocietyIslands . Motu One is located 550 km northwest from Tahiti and 72 km northeast of Manuae , its closest neighbor. Motu One s reef encloses totally a lagoon without a pass. All of its sides are covered with low, wooded sandy islands except for its southern side. Motu One means Sand Island in Polynesian, that is a low lying, sandy islet that cannot sustain permanent human habitation. History The name Bellinghausen or more rarely Bellingshausen was given to this small atoll by the Baltic German navigator in Russia n service Otto von Kotzebue in honour of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen . It should not be confused with Bellingshausen Island , part of the South Sandwich Islands , in the southwest Atlantic . Administration Motu One Atoll is administratively part of the commune in France commune municipality of Maupiti commune Maupiti , itself in the French Polynesia Administrative divisions administrative subdivision of the Leeward IslandsSocietyIslands Leeward Islands . See also French Polynesia References External links fr http www.pacific image.pf pages boutic dboutic cdrom sp132.html Atoll list http www.oceandots.com pacific society motu one.php Oceandots.com SocietyIslands coord 15 48 S 154 32 W type isle display title Category Atolls of the SocietyIslands FrenchPolynesia geo stub ar be ca Motu One illes de la Societat da Motu One de Motu One Gesellschaftsinseln es Motu One de la Sociedad fr Motu One les de la Soci t gl Atol Motu One da Sociedade it Motu One Isole della Societ lt Motu One nl Motu One Genootschapseilanden ty Motu One ru fi Motu One Seurasaaret sv Motu One S llskaps arna uk zh ... more details
Infobox Company company name The Channel Islands Co operative Society Limited company logo File Channel Islands Co operative Society logo.jpg company type Consumer Co operative foundation 1919 location 27 Charing Cross, St. Helier JE1 1AS Jersey CI key people Mrs. J Le Feuvre, President br Mr. J Hopley, Chief Executive revenue num employees industry Retail products Grocer , Travel Agent , Home and Sports homepage http www.ci cooperative.com www.ci cooperative.com File Supermarket in Jersey.JPG thumb left The Grand March , a CICS supermarket in Saint Helier, Jersey. The Channel Islands Co operative Society Limited is a consumer co operative . It is a registered Industrial and Provident Society , ref Registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 , No. 14672R ref a member of the Co operative Union Ltd. in the United Kingdom , the Co operative Retail Trading Group , the Co operative Travel Trading Group and a corporate member of Co operative Group Ltd. formerly Co operative Wholesale Society , the largest consumer co operative in the world. Head office is located at Saint Helier in the Bailiwick of Jersey . File Jersey Town Criterium 2009 009.jpg thumb left The 2009 Jersey Town Criterium passing the Co operative Locale in Charing Cross, Saint Helier. The Jersey Co operative Society was formed in 1919 and the Guernsey Co operative Society followed in 1947. Both predecessors ... of the Channel IslandsSociety in 1955. ref http www.ci cooperative.com the societysociety history.asp Society History The Channel Islands Co operative Society . Retrieved 31 August 2009. dead link date February 2011 ref The Society operates nine supermarket s in Jersey and six in Guernsey, in addition ... Islands Co operative Society UK consumer co ops Category Consumer Co operatives of the United Kingdom Category Companies established in 1919 Category Channel Islands ... Islands, with members receiving a share of the profits in the form of dividend . See also British ... more details
num staff website url www.cispa.ky remarks former name former name if any The Cayman IslandsSociety of Professional Accountants CISPA is a professional association of accountants in the Cayman Islands ... CISPA publisher CISPA accessdate 2011 07 03 ref By 2007 the society had grown to 900 members. The passage ... CISPA works with the University College of the Cayman Islands UCCI in defining the college s accounting ... in the Cayman Islands in 2006 it was estimated the banking sector contributes about 25 percent of the Cayman Islands GDP. ref cite web url http www.caymanfinances.com Archive Industry News impact ... in the Cayman Islands date 24 July 2006 work Cayman Finance accessdate 2011 07 02 ref CISPA is a member of the Cayman Islands Financial Services Association CIFSA , formed in November 2003. ref cite ... Compass date 22nd August, 2006 accessdate 2011 07 02 ref In 2005 the Cayman Islands Monetary ... to participate, as were the Cayman Islands Fund Administrators Association, the Cayman Islands Law Society and the Cayman Islands Bar Association. ref cite web url http goliath.ecnext.com coms2 gi 0199 4904376 The Evolution of the Cayman.html title The Evolution of the Cayman Islands Fund ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name To the Islands title orig translator image prefer 1st edition image caption author Randolph Stow illustrator cover artist country Australia language English language English series genre Novel publisher Penguin Books , Australia release date 1958 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages isbn preceded by followed by To the Islands is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australia n author Randolph Stow . References http www.middlemiss.org lit authors stowr.html islands Middlemiss.org http dspace.flinders.edu.au 8080 dspace bitstream 2328 1327 1 64.pdf Tom Shapcott review from Australian Book Review http www.api network.com main index.php?apply reviews&webpage api reviews&flexedit &flex password &menu label &menuID homely&menubox &Review 4741 Australian Public Intellectual Network review S start S ach Succession box title Miles Franklin Award Miles Franklin Award recipient before Voss novel Voss after The Big Fellow novel The Big Fellow years 1958 in literature 1958 S end DEFAULTSORT To The Islands Category Australian novels Category 1958 novels Category Miles Franklin Award winning works Category Novels set in Western Australia 1950s novel stub de To the Islands ... more details
The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It first appeared on the hustings in the British Columbia general election, 1890 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands as of the British Columbia general election, 1941 1941 election . Demographics class wikitable Population Population Change, Area km Population density people per km Geography Empty section date July 2010 History Empty section date July 2010 Notable MLAs This Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo Gulf Islands area Riding division riding s first appearance was in 1903. It was originally created for the 1890 election, but was redistributed and done away with for the 1894 election, but it was brought back again in the large redistribution that set the stage for the watershed 1903 election, which ended the no party era in the BC House. The Islands then lasted until the 1937 election, and subsequently parts of it became Nanaimo and the Islands , which was a riding in elections from British Columbia general election, 1941 1941 to British Columbia general election, 1963 1963 , or in other Nanaimo electoral districts Nanaimo area electoral districts . Parts of the area covered by The Islands are currently represented by various newer ridings Nanaimo provincial electoral district Nanaimo 1996 present Saanich North and the Islands current Saanich and the Islands past Electoral history Note Winners of each election are in bold . Election FPTP begin title British Columbia general election, 1903 10th British Columbia election, 1890 Canadian politics party colours Gov row b Government b John Paton Booth align right b 57 align right b 49.57 align right align right unknown Canadian politics party colours Gov row Government ... For the 1890 election The Islands was redistributed between North Nanaimo , South Nanaimo and Cowichan ... and the Islands riding. Parts of it are now in Saanich North and the Islands . Category Defunct British ... more details
Other uses Society disambiguation Sociology A society , or a human society , is a group of people Interpersonal ... relations between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions a given society may ... , a larger society often evinces social stratification stratification and or dominance hierarchy dominance patterns in subgroups. Insofar as it is collaborative , a society can enable its members ... common benefits can thus be distinguished, or in many cases found to overlap. A society can ... society. This is sometimes referred to as a subculture , a term used extensively within criminology . More broadly, a society may be described as an economic , social , or Industry industrial infrastructure , made up of a varied collection of individuals. Members of a society may be from different ethnic group s. A society can be a particular ethnic group, such as the Saxons a nation state , such as Bhutan or a broader cultural group, such as a Western culture Western society . The word society ..., cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes. A society may even, though more by means ... aggregate such as, for example, in society of mind some formulations of artificial intelligence . Etymology ... as an in depth look into the Chinese social structure of the time. The term society came from ..., or at least civil. Without an article, the term can refer to the entirety of humanity also society in general , society at large , etc. , although those who are unfriendly or uncivil to the remainder of society in this sense may be deemed to be antisocial . Adam Smith wrote that a society may ... 2 pages 9 ref Used in the sense of an Voluntary association association , a society is a body of individuals ... hierarchical organization . Conceptions of societySociety, in general, addresses the fact that an individual ... Industry industrial and Post industrial society post industrial societies to be qualitatively different ... , one critical novelty in human society, in contrast to humanity s closest biological relatives ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox record label name If Society image Image Ifsociety.jpg image bg parent founded 1999 founder Tommi Forsstr m and Mikko Heikkonen defunct distributor T l n Musiikkitukku Finland , Stickfigure Distribution US genre indie music Indie country Finland location Helsinki, Finland url http www.ifsociety.com If Society is an independent record label from Helsinki, Finland . Roster Black Audio Echo Is Your Love Fun Finnish band Fun Frivolvol Hero Dishonest Ninetynine Radiopuhelimet Siniaalto Valse Triste band Valse Triste Viola band Viola Discography Albums Fun Finnish band Fun Zu pa 2007 Radiopuhelimet Viisi t hte 2007 Valse Triste yhtye Valse Triste Madon luku 2006 Ninetynine Worlds of Population, Worlds of Space, Worlds of Robots 2006 Echo Is Your Love Humansize 2006 Black Audio Iron Rhino 2006 Viola yhtye Viola Anything Can Stop Us 2005 Boys of Scandinavia Kill the Party 2005 Red Carpet The Noise of Red Carpet 2005 Frivolvol Frivolous vol 2 The False Security Program 2005 Hero Dishonest Juggernaut Let Your Poison Scream 2005 Viola yhtye Viola Melancholydisco 2005 Rytmih iri yhtye Rytmih iri Saatana on Herra 2005 Echo Is Your Love Paper Cut Eye 2004 Fun Finnish band Fun Szklarska Poreba LP 2004 Hero Dishonest Let Your Poison Scream 2004 Siniaalto Tallentumia 2004 Viola yhtye Viola Tearcandy 2004 Siniaalto Siniaalto 2002 Hero Dishonest Juggernaut 2002 Echo Is Your Love 8 Hours 2002 Hero Dishonest Pleasure Disgust 2001 Echo Is Your Love Sheets of Blank Fucking Paper 2000 V A Rantings Of A Free Thinker 2000 Sissy Spacek yhtye Sissy Spacek Telegram before departure 1999 External links http www.ifsociety.com If Society website MySpace ifsociety http www.last.fm label if society If Society at Last.fm Category Finnish record labels Category Independent record labels Category Record labels established in 1999 Category Indie music record labels ru If Society fi If Society ... more details
Infobox Film name In Society image insociety.jpg caption Theatrical release poster director Jean Yarbrough producer Edmund L. Hartmann writer John Grant screenwriter John Grant br Edmund Hartmann br Hal Fimberg starring Bud Abbott br Lou Costello br Marion Hutton br Kirby Grant br Arthur Treacher music Edgar Fairchild cinematography editing Philip Cahn distributor Universal Pictures released Film date 1944 8 18 runtime 74 min language English budget 659,000 In Society is a 1944 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello . It was the first of five Abbott and Costello films to be directed by Jean Yarbrough . It was re released in 1953. Plot Eddie Harrington Bud Abbott and Albert Mansfield Lou Costello are plumbers who receive a call about a leak in the private bathroom of Mr. Van Cleve Thurston Hall , a wealthy businessman. The leak is keeping him awake, but the costume ball that his wife Nella Walker is throwing downstairs is not. Eddie and Albert enlist the aid of a friend, Elsie Hammerdingle Marion Hutton , a taxi driver, to take them to the mansion. While they are upstairs attempting to fix the leak, but flooding the room instead, Peter Evans Kirby Grant , a guest dressed as a cab driver, mistakes Elsie for another costumed guest...despite her insistence that she really is just a cab driver. He winds up inviting her to another gala event, Mrs. Winthrop s Margaret Irving estate Briarwood, where a valuable painting The Plunger is to be revealed. Meanwhile, Eddie and Albert mistakenly receive their own invitation to the event, as Mrs. Van Cleave was intending to send them a letter of complaint for the devastation that they inflicted on her home, but instead mails them her invitation to Briarwood. They think it is a reward for a job well done, and look at it as a chance to meet other wealthy clients. However, a loan shark named Drexel Thomas Gomez that they owe ... Universal Pictures films Category 1940s comedy films es In Society it Gianni e Pinotto in societ ... more details
Western Islands may refer to the Western Islands Ontario in Georgian Bay , Ontario, Canada Western Islands Planning Area , West Region, Singapore Western Islands, Papua New Guinea , in the Bismarck Archipelago Western Islands Maryland in the Kedges Straits, Somerset County, Maryland , United States Outer Hebrides , Scotland, United Kingdom Western Islands publisher , the publishing arm of the John Birch Society geodis ... more details
Rosenthal Islands coor dm 64 36 S 64 18 W is a group of islands fringing the west coast of Anvers Island , 6 nautical miles 11 km north of Cape Monaco , in the Palmer Archipelago . Discovered by the German expedition 1873 74, under Dallmann, and named by him for Albert Rosenthal , Director of the Society for Polar Navigation , who, with the society, sponsored the expedition. See also List of antarctic and sub antarctic islands usgs gazetteer Category Islands of the Palmer Archipelago PalmerArchipelago geo stub ... more details
of France Austral Islands Tubuai Austral Islands Tubuai SocietyIslands Iles du Vent Windward ... Raiatea & Tahaa Tupai Maupihaa Mopelia aka Maupihaa Manuae SocietyIslands Manuae aka Scilly Atoll Motu One SocietyIslands Motu One aka Bellinghausen Marquesas Islands Marquesas Fatu Hiva Hiva Oa ...File Condoleezza Rice with Pacific leaders in Apia.jpg thumb right 250px Pacific Islands leaders, all members of the Pacific Islands Forum , at a meeting in Samoa with former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice center , 26 July, 2008 The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 island s in the Pacific Ocean . The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania , ref Collins Atlas of the World ... Archipelago . Image Pacific Culture Areas.jpg thumb right 240px Three of the major groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean . The Pacific Islands lying south of the tropic of Cancer are traditionally grouped into the three divisions of Melanesia , Micronesia , and Polynesia Melanesia means black islands ... province West Papua , New Caledonia , Torres Strait Islands Zenadh Kes Torres Strait Islands , Vanuatu , Fiji , and the Solomon Islands . Micronesia means small islands . These include the Marianas , Guam , Wake Island , Palau , the Marshall Islands , Kiribati , Nauru , and the Federated States of Micronesia . Most of these lie north of the equator . Polynesia means many islands . These include New Zealand , the Hawaiian Islands , Rotuma , the Midway Atoll Midway Islands , Samoa , American Samoa , Tonga , Tuvalu , the Cook Islands , Wallis and Futuna , Tokelau , Niue , French Polynesia , and Easter Island . It is the largest of the three zones. The region s islands are classified into two groups, high island s and low island s. Volcano es form high islands, which generally can support more people and have a more fertile soil. Low islands are reef s or atoll s, and are relatively small and infertile. Melanesia, the most populous of the three regions, contains mainly high islands, while ... more details
Image Western Aleutians.png thumb 400px right 3 Alaid 4 Nizki 5 Shemya. The Semichi Islands Samiyan ref name Bergsland cite book first K. last Bergsland authorlink Knut Bergsland year 1994 title Aleut Dictionary publisher Alaska Native Language Center location Fairbanks ref in Aleut language Aleut are a cluster of small islands in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands , Alaska . They are located southeast of Attu Island and northeast of Agattu Island , near coord 52 44 06 N 173 59 28 E scale 500000 display inline,title . Named islands in the group include Alaid Island Alaska Alaid Island , Hammerhead Island , Lotus Island , Nizki Island , and Shemya . The Semichi Islands are an important nesting area for Red faced Cormorant s and Glaucous winged Gull s. They also provides important habitat for waterfowl The Aleutian subspecies of Cackling Goose nests on the islands in significant numbers, and Common Eider and Emperor Goose winter in the area. Black Oystercatcher s are also found in significant numbers. ref http iba.audubon.org iba viewSiteProfile.do?siteId 1007&navSite state National Audubon Society, Semichi Islands ref References references Category Near Islands Category Semichi Islands AleutiansWestAK geo stub de Semichi Islands es Islas Semichi it Isole Semichi ru fi Semichisaaret ... more details
Location map Pacific Ocean label Nomoi Islands lon dir E lat dir N lat deg 5 lat min 29 lon deg 153 lon min 37 position right width 300 float right mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 20 caption Location of the Nomoi Islands in the Pacific Ocean File Mortlock Islands 153.65366E 5.44213N.png thumb 300px NASA picture of the Nomoi Islands with larger Satawan Atoll and Lukunor displayed whole Etal Atoll is only partly seen The Nomoi Islands , also known as Mortlock Islands , are a group of three large atoll s in the state of Chuuk , Federated States of Micronesia . They are located about 250 km to the southeast of Chuuk. ref http www.oceandots.com pacific caroline satawan.php Oceandots Satawan ref Satawan , the southern atoll, is the largest. Both Etal Atoll Etal , ref http www.oceandots.com pacific caroline etal.php Oceandots Etal ref the northern one, and Lukunor ref http www.oceandots.com pacific caroline lukunor.php Oceandots Lukunor ref in the northeast are much smaller. They are located between 9 and 6 km apart from each other. Captain James Mortlock discovered two sets of islands on 19 and 27 November 1795. Confusingly, both were later called Mortlock Islands. ref The tale of the discovery of the two sets of Mortlock Islands Mariner s Mirror, Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, May 2002 ref The Mortlock Islands in the Caroline Islands encompass the Nomoi islands and the Upper Mortlock Islands or Eastern Islands, which are Losap , Nama Micronesia Nama and Namoluk . See also Takuu Atoll References reflist coord 5 29 30 N 153 37 30 E type landmark display title Micronesia geo stub Category Islands of Chuuk Category Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia de Mortlock Islands es Islas Nomoi mk zh ... more details
This article is about the Caribbean island group. For the eastern SocietyIslands in French Polynesia , see Windward IslandsSocietyIslands . The southeastern Hawaiian Islands are also occasionally referred to as the Windward Islands . The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles , within the West Indies . They lie south of the Leeward Islands . Name and geography Image LesserAntillesIslands.png thumb 350px The Windward Islands lies in southern part of the Lesser Antilles The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ship s arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands , given that the prevailing trade wind s in the British West ... islands. Vessels in the Atlantic slave trade departing from the Africa n Gold Coast British colony Gold Coast and Gulf of Guinea would first encounter the southeasternmost islands of the Lesser Antilles ... North and Central America . The chain of islands form a part of the easternmost boundary of the Caribbean ... 645259 Windward Islands title Windward Islands publisher Encyclopaedia Britannica quote a line of West Indian islands constituting the southern arc of the Lesser Antilles, at the eastern end of the Caribbean ... islands of Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Grenada and, between Saint Vincent and Grenada, the chain of small islands known as the Grenadines. Though near the general area, Trinidad and Tobago at the south end of the group and Barbados just east are usually not considered part of the Windward Islands ... Islands and Barbados U.S. Library of Congress ref The Antillean Windward Islands from north to south ... and Spanish , and also in the local English of some islands, windward and leeward refer to different groups of islands. In both cases, the east southeasternmost group are called windward, while the westernmost are called leeward. The group of islands along the Venezuelan coast is called the Leeward Antilles in English. class wikitable Language Windward Islands Leeward Islands English File Caribbean ... more details
The Curzon Islands Coord 66 46 S 141 35 E source GNIS display inline,title are a small group of rocky islands lying close off Cape D couverte , Ad lie Coast . They were probably sighted in January 1840 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d Urville , though not identified as islands on d Urville s maps. The islands were roughly charted in 1912 by Captain J.K. Davis of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition ship SY Aurora Aurora and named by Mawson for George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Lord Curzon , the President of the Royal Geographical Society , 1911 14. The islands were mapped in detail by the French Antarctic Expedition , 1950 52. ref cite gnis type antarid id 3430 name Curzon Islands accessdate 2011 12 11 ref ref name gna cite web url http www.scribd.com doc 36721395 Gna GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981 djvu work Gna GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981 djvu title Curzon Islands page 488 accessdate 2011 12 11 ref See also List of antarctic and sub antarctic islands References reflist usgs gazetteer id 3430 Category Islands of Ad lie Land Ad lieLand geo stub ... more details
Circle , south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands , and southeast of the Astronomical SocietyIslands . References Reflist Islands of the Kitikmeot Region Category Islands of the Gulf of Boothia Category Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region KitikmeotNU geo stub ...Infobox islands name Harrison Islands image name image caption image size locator map native name native name link Inuktitut nickname location Gulf of Boothia coordinates coord 69 20 N 090 30 W region CA NU type isle display inline,title name Harrison Islands archipelago Canadian Arctic Archipelago total islands major islands area km2 305 highest mount elevation m country Canada country admin divisions title Provinces and territories of Canada Territory country admin divisions flag Nunavut country admin divisions title 1 Regions of Nunavut Region country admin divisions 1 Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut Kitikmeot country admin divisions title 2 country admin divisions 2 country capital city country largest city country largest city population country leader title country leader name population Uninhabited population as of density km2 ethnic groups additional info The Harrison Islands ref cite web url http atlas.nrcan.gc.ca site english maps topo map?mapsize 428 20380&lat 69.3333000012&long 90.499999999&mapxy 174595.101113 2220202.12852&scale 5000000&feature na Harrison Islands&location1 62&unique key 0c73490c849c20c3a1ee6d0d5a8b56ec&searchstring islands&entity ISL&layers fapfeature fapfeature ... 5Bpolygonresultzoom0 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom1 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom2 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline 5D 3DDATA fap islands 26map.layer 5Barrowzoom03 5D 3DFEATURE POINTS 172479.162446 2220303.33628 END END title Harrison Islands accessdate 2008 06 10 publisher Atlas of Canada ref ... more details
The Turtle Islands can refer to Turtle Islands, Sierra Leone Turtle Islands, Tawi Tawi , in the Philippines Turtle Islands National Park , in Malaysia disambig de Turtle Islands it Turtle Islands ... more details
Five Islands may refer to Five Islands Nature Reserve , Australia Five Islands, Nova Scotia , Canada Five Islands in Trinidad and Tobago . See Islands of Trinidad and Tobago Five IslandsIslands of Trinidad and Tobago See also One Island disambiguation Two Islands Three Islands Seven Islands disambiguation Forty Islands Hundred Islands Thousand Islands disambiguation Ten Thousand Islands geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages de Five Islands ... more details
. Father Cardenal arrived in the islands in 1966 and is known for establishing a communal society ...Image SolentinameinCocibolca.png thumb The Solentiname Islands in violet The Solentiname Islands IPA es solenti name are an archipelago towards the southern end of Lake Nicaragua also known as Lake Cocibolca ... larger islands, each a few kilometres across, named, from west to east, Mancarroncito , Mancarr n , San Fernando and La Venada , along with some 32 smaller islands with rocky headlands which afford shelter to numerous aquatic birds. The islands origins are vulcanology volcanic . The highest point in the islands is found on Mancarr n it is 257 m above sea level . The Solentiname Islands are a National ... Islands are tropical in every sense. They are covered in tropical tree species, transitional between ... and toucan s there are 76 species in all. The waters about the islands contain plentiful fish. There are about ... language Spanish for deer . The yearly rainfall in the islands measures between 1 400 and 1 ... is 26 C. The islands tranquility and colourfulness are likely what has attracted artist s to their shores. Painters and woodcarvers share the islands with farmers and fishermen. The archipelago ... electricity and running water, are quite rare in the islands. Mancarr n is Solentiname s largest ... de la Rocha . File SolentinameIslandsOSM.png thumb left Solentiname Islands There is a small art ... primitivist Solentiname paintings, largely inspired by the islands rich wildlife and plant species. Image Solentiname1.jpg thumb 300px Solentiname Islands For these very things, the Solentiname Islands ... obscure destination. However, there are now three hotels in the islands, two of which are quite ... Monument, which consists of the islands themselves and the lakeshores around them. Solentiname ... Islands. The story features Ernesto Cardenal as a character, as well as the community s small art ... Category Islands of Nicaragua Category Archipelagoes Category Lake islands of North America ... more details
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