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Chapters: Palikir, Namonuito Atoll, Satawal, Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro, Poluwat, Utwe, Chuuk International Airport, Pohnpei International Airport, Walung, Oroluk Atoll, Kosrae International Airport, Pattiw, Losap, Sorol, Satawan, Yap International Airport, Dinay, Fais Island, Minto Reef, Tomil, Colonia, Yap, Faichuk, Nett, Tonowas, Ifalik, Gaferut, Moen, Dolohmwar, Pikelot, Weno, Woleai, Eauripik, Tafunsak, Sokehs Island, Madolenihmw, Senyavin Islands, Ant Atoll, Pakin Atoll, Malem, Kosrae, Tofol, Uman, Chuuk, Param, Chuuk, Tsis, Lelu, Rull, Udot, Federated States of Micronesia, Oroluk Island, Fefan, Laekini Atoll, Kitti, Mount Teroken, Utwa Ma, Finkol River, Mount Finkol, Faraulep, Temwen Island, Ngulu Atoll, List of Rivers of the Federated States of Micronesia, Eten Island, Lelu Island. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 137. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Namonuito Atoll, also called Namonweito, Weito, or Magur Islands, is the largest atoll of the Federated States of Micronesia and of the Caroline Islands, with a total area of 2267 km², unless one considers the still larger Truk Lagoon as a type of atoll in an early stage of development. In Micronesia, only Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands is larger. Namonuito Atoll lies in the northwestern region (Oksoritod) of Chuuk State, the largest federal State of the Federated States of Micronesia, about 170 km northeast of Truk Lagoon (measured from Pisaras Islet to the northern and western parts of the fringing reef of Truk Lagoon). It is roughly triangular in shape, with the base running 82 km along its southern side. The southwest corner of the triangle is marked by Ulul islet, the main island (largest and most populated), also called Onoun. The other islets lie mostly on the northeast side, from Pisaras islet in the southeast...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14613549 ... Read more

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Chapters: Federated States of Micronesia Geography Stubs, Landforms of the Federated States of Micronesia, Settlements in the Federated States of Micronesia, Subdivisions of the Federated States of Micronesia, Palikir, Truk Lagoon, Namonuito Atoll, Administrative Divisions of the Federated States of Micronesia, Satawal, Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro, Poluwat, Utwe, Chuuk International Airport, Pohnpei International Airport, Walung, Oroluk Atoll, Kosrae International Airport, Pattiw, Losap, Sorol, Satawan, Yap International Airport, Dinay, Fais Island, Minto Reef, Tomil, Colonia, Yap, Faichuk, Nett, Tonowas, Ifalik, Gaferut, Moen, Dolohmwar, Pikelot, Weno, Woleai, Eauripik, Tafunsak, Sokehs Island, Madolenihmw, Senyavin Islands, Ant Atoll, Pakin Atoll, Malem, Kosrae, Tofol, Param, Chuuk, Uman, Chuuk, Tsis, Lelu, Rull, Udot, Federated States of Micronesia, Oroluk Island, Fefan, Laekini Atoll, Kitti, Mount Teroken, Utwa Ma, Finkol River, Mount Finkol, Faraulep, Temwen Island, Ngulu Atoll, List of Rivers of the Federated States of Micronesia, Eten Island, Lelu Island. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Truk Lagoon, also known as Chuuk, is a sheltered body of water in the central Pacific. North of New Guinea, it is located mid-ocean at 7 degrees North latitude. The atoll consists of a protective reef, 225 kilometres (140 mi) around, enclosing a natural harbour 79 by 50 kilometres (49 by 30 mi), with an area of 2,130 square kilometres (820 sq mi). It has a land area of 127.4 square kilometres (49.2 sq mi), with a population of 47,871 people. The area consists of 11 major islands (corresponding to the 11 municipalities of Truk lagoon, which are Tol, Udot, Fala-Beguets, Romanum, and Eot of Faichuk group, and Moen, Fefan, Dublon, Uman, Param, and Tsis of Nomone...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=842773 ... Read more

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Among the topics discussed are: Australia, peopling the Austral continent, New Zealand: Land and the People, and Islands of the Pacific. DLC: Oceania-Geography. ... Read more

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Oceania: The Geography of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
The material is what you would expect from a typical textbook.Though, there are no sections for questions or review after each chapter.
A good book overall if you want scholastic detail and analysis of the region. However, the pictures, photographs and maps contained in
the book are scant and printed in black and white leaving the reader to use other media to supplement their reading of the material. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Micronesia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Micronesia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Micronesia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Micronesia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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These Geography notesand maps are especially prepared by Examrace experts (www.examrace.com) as a revision aid for Geography undergraduate and graduate students. These would also prove useful for anyone preparing for geography exams or those how have a keen interest in atlas and geography.

This book offers a systematic point-wise review of the following topics:
VOLUME V: OCEANIA & AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER 14: Oceania
Introduction
Micronesia
Melanesia
Polynesia
CHAPTER 15: Australia & New Zealand Political Featues
Australia Major Facts
Administrative Divisions
New Zealand: Political
CHAPTER 16: Australia & New Zealand Physical Features
Landforms of Australia
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This recognises the significance of place in the developing world, challenging Western feminist and post-colonial approaches in the analysis of the changing lives of the women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. ... Read more

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This guide includes recommendations for 365 lodging places from grand hotels to grass huts, and 125 restaurants serving both local and international cuisines. It features reports on cruises and other transportation and it also has a guide to the best beaches. ... Read more

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This volume completes the International Cartographic Association's trilogy which has been prepared to provide an "Inventory of World Topographic Mapping", and contains specific details relating to the current coverage of states located in Eastern Europe, Asia, Pacific and Antarctica. The geographical positions of countries described are illustrated by means of a series of accompanying reference maps.The information supplied for each country consists of a text, including a brief history of the development of topographic mapping, geodetic data, map scales and series as well as extracts of maps and index sheets illustrating the present status of map coverage within that country.There is currently no other work employing the approach adopted in assembling this "inventory". This work is a comprehensive and important reference and source book for information in the field of topographic mapping. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia (western Pacific) administered by the United States from July 18, 1947, comprising the former South Pacific Mandate, a League of Nations Mandate administered by Japan and taken by the U.S. in 1944. On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the Marshall Islands district. The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986. The UN only formally ended the trusteeship for the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Mariana Islands, and Marshall Islands districts on December 22, 1990. On May 25, 1994 the UN ended the trusteeship for the Palau district, after which the U.S. and Palau agreed to establish the latter's independence on October 1. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific Islander (or Pacific Person, pl: Pacific People, also called Oceanic[s]), is a geographic term to describe the Austronesian , and Australiod inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, these three regions, together with their islands consist of:Polynesia: The islands scattered across a triangle covering the east-central region of the Pacific Ocean. The triangle is bounded by the Hawaiian islands in the north, New Zealand in the west, and Easter Island in the east. The rest of Polynesia comprises Samoan islands (American Samoa and Samoa), the Cook Islands, French Polynesia (Tahiti and The Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago), Niue Island, Tokelau and Tuvalu, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, and Pitcairn Island. ... Read more

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Place Names of Pohnpei Island, Including And (Ant) and Pakin Atolls is the most current and comprehensive source of information about Pohnpei’s major island and its surrounding islands and atolls. A valuable reference for travelers to Pohnpei and for anyone interested in the history of Micronesia, the book includes the following features:

• Over 1500 alphabetized place name entries include variant names and their sources; their geographical designations, kousapw and municipality; and related history and legends.

• The place names, which represent the whaling, German, Japanese, and American periods, have been compiled from sources that include newspapers, old and current maps, scholarly work, recent surveys, and interviews with residents.

• A list of terms defines commonly used generic elements that, as part of the name, designate physical features, such as bay, stream, or peak.

• Maps illustrate the political unifications and divisions that created new names.

• A bibliography provides sources for further study of the region. ... Read more

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Combining historic and contemporary data from the community of Pohnpei in Micronesia, Fitzgerald provides an ethnography of reproduction-related experiences. This study explores menarche, pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, and menopause in one Pacific Island society experiencing significant culture change. ... Read more

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Great book on the islands that WE visited
To me the amazing coincidence of the narrative by Joseph C. Meridith on the Patrols of the USS. Hanna DE449 in 1953-1954 is that it almost perfectly coincides with the time that I was a Radarman on the Hanna.It is like he wrote my history of that time in my Navy experience. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and it will be treasured by me and my family. The Patrols were a great experience with all the sailors on board wanting to be on the small parties that were able to go ashore to walk around the islands.The ones that I remember the most were Ponape, with its absolute breathtaking beauty and Truk with its abundant Japanese navy ships that had been damaged during World War II.The book is a great treasure of information on the islands written by a man who recorded his observations in a colorful and well written manner

For those who were there, a very true book.
World War II in Micronesia laid a foundation for hundreds of books and thousands were written. For those of us who were there right after the war few books have recorded what it was like.This author, a naval captain ofa Destroyer Escort, told his story and wove in history and the continuingstory of the people. And he told the story we lived.Casual inspectiontours of twenty islands in fifteen days.Landings that started in a smallboat and ended swimming in across a rocky beach.Local administrators whohad shamefully little support from the US government and still carried ontrying to do a decent job.Priest and missionaries who carried on in thewake of war, building communities with Navy discards. Hopeless oceansearches that sometimes were successful.And a little boredom.For thosewho were there, a very true book.

A Sailors Glimpse into Post-WWII Micronesia and It's History
I ran across this book looking for information about the USS Hanna (DE449), a WWII Destroyer Escort ship named after Private Billy T. Hanna USMC,who died on Guadalcanal in 1942.

I highly recommend reading this toanyone interested in Micronesia and War in the Pacific. It is very readableand well worth the effort. Written by the USS Hanna's captain, Joseph C.Meredith, the book details the ship's patrols of Micronesia, and the Boninand Volcano Islands in 1953-54.

Captain Meredith describes the sevenpatrols he captained, giving intimate observations on the islands theyvisited, the people, history and geology. The stories of the attempts offoreigners to discover, exploit and dominate the islands, provide a realunderstanding of the islands and their people.

His emphasis on Japaneseinfluence on the islands gives a real understanding of WWII and thePacific, of what it was like to be there, and of the reasons and strategyof the War in the Pacific.

He researched the history of Micronesia ingreat detail, providing an accurate view of how Micronesia became what itis today. ... Read more