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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