ISouth Pacific yindawo enkulu - inkulu kwaye ibhakabhaka, ihamba ngeekhilomitha ezigidi ezili-11 ezijikelezayo ukusuka e-Australia ukuya kwiiIihawaii Islands. Ukubhiyozelwa ngabaculi kunye nabalobi, ukusuka kuPaul Gauguin ukuya kuJacob Michener, la mawaka amacorali amancinci kunye namatye e-volcanic ngamatye ahlala kwikhaya labantu abanomdla kunye neenkcubeko. Ezinye iziqithi - ezifana neTahiti neFiji - ziyaziwa, ngelixa ezinye zingekho.
Ufumana inkwenkwezi yegolide ukuba uvile ngeAitutaki okanye Yap.
Izakhiwo zoKhenketho zihluka ngokuya kuyo, kunye nezinye iziqithi ezinxulumene neenqwelo zemihla ngemihla ezingabikho kwiLos Angeles kunye nabanye abafinyeleleka kuphela nge-hodgepodge yokudibanisa. Abaninzi bayamkela abavakhenkethi, abanye bahlala kwiindawo zokungcebeleka ezinkwenkwezi ezintlanu kunye nomsebenzi wemisebenzi esekelwe ngamanzi, ngelixa abanye bahlala kwindawo yokuhlala kunye neenkcubeko ezingenakuqhelana neendlela zasentshona. Izihlwele zihlakulela apha kungekhona nje kuphela ngenxa yobuninzi beentlanzi kodwa kunye neenqanawa eziqhelekileyo ze-coral.
Ngoxa zizonke zibizwa ngokuba yiSouth Pacific, ezi ziqithi ziye zahlulwa zibe yimimandla emithathu: iPolynesia, iMelanesia, kunye neMicronesia, nganye ngeenkcubeko zenkcubeko, ukuhluka kweelwimi kunye nezobugcisa.
Polynesia
Lo mmandla wasempumalanga ye-Pacific, oquka iHawaii, ubala i-Tahiti engenamsebenzi kunye neSiqithi se-Easter esiyinqabileyo phakathi kobuncwane bayo. Abahlali balo baselwandle, abavela kwi-mpuma ye-Asia-mpuma, baziwa ngokuhamba kwabo, besinda kwiindlela ezinzima kwiinqanawa zokuthungca ngowe-1500 BC.
IFrench Polynesia (iTahiti)
Ukuqulathwe kweziqithi ezili-118, ezizibhiyozelayo yiB Bora Bora , iTahiti luhlanga oluzimeleyo olunxulumene neFransi. Ngokukhenketha kakuhle kwiiqithi ezili-12, i-Tahiti iye yakhwela abantu abahamba ngeeminyaka engama-50 kunye ne-bungalows engaphezu kwamanzi, i-French-influenced kitchen, kunye neenkcubeko ezingenanto.
II Cook Islands
Abancinci-abaziwa ngaphezu kweTahiti engumakhelwane, ezi ziqithi ezili-15, ezibizwa ngokuba ngumhloli weNgesi uKaputeni uJames Cook kwaye zihamba njengelizwe elizilawulayo kunye nezibophelelo zaseNew Zealand, zinezindlu ezingama-19,000 abantu abadumileyo ngokubetha nokudansa. Abavakhenkethi ngokubanzi ba tyelela isiqithi esiyinhloko saseRarotonga kunye ne-Aitutaki encinci.
Samowa
Eli qela leziqithi ezilisithoba lalingowokuqala ePacific ukufumana ukuzimela ngaphandle kwentshona. I-Upolu iyona siqithi esona sikhulu kunye nezokhenketho, kodwa ubomi apha bulawulwa yiFa'a Samoa (iNdlela yeSamoa), apho iindwendwe kunye nabadala bahlonishwa kwaye iilali ezingama-362 zilawulwa ngabaphathi bama-18,000 (iinduna).
American Samoa
Ukuthengiswa njengokuba "apho i-sunsets yaseMelika," le ntsimi yase-US, kunye nenkunzi yayo yasePago Pago (kwisiqithi esiyiNtloko iTutuila), iqukethe iziqithi ezinqabileyo zantlanu ezingama-76 kunye nabantu abangama-65,000. Amahlathi ayo asempumalanga kunye namanzi angcwele angaselwandle.
Thonga
Ubu bukumkani besiqithi buhamba ngecala lasentshonalanga kwiDateline yamazwe ngamazwe (iiTongan kuqala ukubulisa olo suku olutsha) kwaye liqukethe iziqithi ezili-176, ezingama-52 ezimiweyo. Kumkani okhoyo, u-King Majesty George Tupou V, uye walawula uhlanga lwabantu abangama-102 000 ukususela ngo-2006, ohlala kwisixeko esikhulu, uNuku'alofa, kwisiqithi esiyinhloko saseTongatapu.
I-Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Ebekwe ngamaPolynesia malunga neminyaka eyi-1 500 eyadlulayo kwaye ifunyenwe ngamaDatshi (ngeCawa yePasika ngo-1722, ngoko ke igama), isi siqithi esingama-63-square-miles sihlala nabantu abangaba ngu-5 000 kunye nama-800 ama- moai , iifoto ezinkulu zamatye. ElineChile, isiqithi sinika ubuhle obugubungelayo kunye nokudibanisa kwamasiko.
IMelanesia
Ezi ziqithi, ezisentshonalanga yePolynesia kunye nezantsi eMicronesia - phakathi kwabo kwiFiji nasePapua New Guinea-ziyaziwa ngamasiko amaninzi kunye namasiko, iimbophu zomzimba ezicacileyo kunye nobuchule bokuguqula imithi.
Fiji
Ukubambisana kweziqithi ezingama-333, esi sizwe esamkela abantu abangaba ngu-85,000-bonke abathanda ukumemeza isandi sabo sokubonga, " Bula !" onke amava abafumanayo - ayaziwa ngenxa yeendawo zokuhlala ezizizimeleyo eziqhankqalazo kunye nezidibaniso eziphambili. Isiqithi esiyinhloko, iViti Levu, ekhaya kwisikhululo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe eNadi, yindawo yokutyelela abavakhenkethi kwiVanua Levu kunye neendawo zokungcebeleka kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo zaseYasawa neMamanuca.
Vanuwata
Eli phablikhi malunga nabantu abangama-221,000 iiliyure ezintathu ngomoya ovela e-Australia. Iziqithi zayo ezingama-83 zihlala zizintaba kwaye zihlala kwiintaba-mlilo ezininzi. AmaVanuatan athetha iilwimi ezili-113, kodwa bonke bayabhiyozela ubomi kunye neengcezu zemicimbi kunye neziganeko, okwenza indawo ekhangayo ukutyelela. Inkunzi enkulu iPort Vila kwisiqithi sase-Efate.
Gini eNtsha yasePapuwa
Abafuna ukuzithengela ngokuqhelekileyo banalo olu hlanga phakathi kwe-Australia kunye ne-mpuma-mpa Asia kwoluhlu lwabo olufunekayo. Ukumboza iikhilomitha ezili-182,700 eziqhelekileyo (isiqingatha esempumalanga yeNew Guinea Gqirha kunye nezinye iziqithi eziyi-600) kunye nabantu abayizigidi ezi-5.5 (abathetha iilwimi ezili-800-nangona isiNgesi sisesikweni), yindawo enkulu yokubukela iintaka kunye nokuhamba ngokuhamba. Inkunzi enkulu iPort Moresby.
Mikhroneshiya
Esi sithili senyakatho-ntshona siquka amawaka amancinci (ngoko ke i-term micro) eziqithi. Indawo eyaziwa kakhulu yi-US indawo yaseGuam, kodwa ezinye iziqithi ezifana nePalau neYap ziye zafihla iminqweno (njengamasayithi angabonakaliyo okudityaniswayo) kunye neentambo ezingabonakaliyo (njengamatye amakhulu asetyenziswa njengemali).
Guwam
Isiqithi esingama-212-square-mile (isixeko esikhulu saseMicronesia kunye nabantu abangama-175,000) sinokuba yintsimi yase-United States, kodwa isiqhelo sayo seMorro kunye nolwimi oluyingqungquthela luyingxube yeminyaka engama-300 yeSpeyin, iMicronesia, i-Asia neyesentshona. Njengoko i-Continental Airlines i-hub South Pacific, iGuam ine-airlift ephezulu kwaye iyindawo yokuqhaqhazela.
Palawu
Eyaziwayo kubantu abahlukahlukeneyo, abathi banamanzi alo ngenye yeeplanethi ezilungileyo, le republic ye-190-square-mile republic (eyenziwe ngamaqithi angama-340, abathandathu abahlala kuyo) yayibonakaliswe kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo kwi-" Survivor." Zizimeleyo ukususela ngo-1994 kunye nekhaya ukuya kumawaka angama-20 000 abantu abanentlalontle (ezimbini kwiyesithathu zazo zihlala kwaye zijikeleze iKoror capital), iPalau inikezela amahlathi anamangalisa, ama-waterfalls kunye namanxweme anamangalisa.
Yap
Elinye leMine eFinistered States yaseMicronesia, i-Yap inamasiko asekuqaleni - ngokukodwa iireksi zemali zamatshe kunye nokudansa kwayo. Abantu abangama-11 200 bayamahloni kodwa bayamkela kwaye ukudilika kwayo kukugqwesileyo (imida enkulu ye-manta iyeninzi).