Become and expert on Oceania and Antarctica. Polynesia Hot humid Islands in the Pacific Ocean This island group lies east of Melanesia and Micronesia.

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Become and expert on Oceania and Antarctica

Polynesia Hot humid Islands in the Pacific Ocean This island group lies east of Melanesia and Micronesia.

Melanesia Island group that lies north and east of Australia Largest country is New Caledonia Most islands are continental

Micronesia Island group that lies north of Melanesia In World War 2 USA and Japan fought several battles in the islands of Micronesia

Tahiti Largest island in French Polynesia

copra Dried coconut meat

Tapa cloth Product made from the inner bark of paper mulberry trees

icebergs Large chunks of ice that fall off glaciers when they meet the ocean

Antarctic Ocean The waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans that border Antarctica

Cape Horn The southern tip of South America

Nauru Tiny republic that mines phosphates

Antarctica Larger in size than the contiguous United States

Huge Ice Cap In Antarctica a huge ice cap covers the landforms.

1911 South Pole discovery

1959 treaty 12 countries signed a treaty agreeing to use Antarctica only for scientific research

Mount Erebus Located on Ross island Antarctica