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Geographic Locations > Islands > Pacific Islands > Micronesia
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Micronesia
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Micronesia
Geographic Locations > Oceania > Australasia > Pacific Islands > Micronesia

Preferred term

Micronesia  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Caroline Islands
  • Johnston Island
  • Kiribati
  • Mariana Islands
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Nauru
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
  • Tuvalu

Note

  • a group of islands east of the Philippines; includes Christmas Island; of the entry term MARIANA ISLANDS; GUAM is available; PALAU is also available

Scope note

  • The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350)

History note

  • 68

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008849

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