World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

International Dateline

International Dateline

PACIFIC OCEAN

Viti

Levu

Vanua Levu

Tahiti

Rarotonga

Kiritimati

Tabuaeran

Teraina

Millennium I.

Flint I.

Vostok I.

Phoenix Islands

Southern

Cook Is.

Northern

Cook Is.

Vava‘u

Group

Ha‘apai

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French Polynesia

Cook Islands

Niue

American

Samoa

Wallis

& Futuna

Tokelau

(French overseas

territory)

(in free assoc.

(in free assoc.with NZ)

with NZ)

(US unincorporated

territory)

(French overseas

territory)

(NZ dependent territory)

Baker & Howland Is.

(administered by US) Jarvis I.

(administered by US)

Kingman Reef

(administered by US)

Palmyra Atoll

(administered by US)

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KIRIBATI KIRIBATI

TUVALU

TONGA

SAMOA

FIJI

SUVA

NUKU‘ALOFA

ÁPIA

FONGAFALE

ALOFI

PAGO

PAGO

AVARUA

PAPEETE

In 1995, the International Date Line was repositioned around Kiribati

territory, bringing Millennium Island 14 hours ahead of GMT, making it

the first landfall for sunrise at the dawn of the new millennium.

Samoa is home to the world’s smallest known

spider, the Patu marplesi, which spans a mere

0.017 inches (0.4 mm).