10 sq miles
26 sq km
11,000
Fongafale (Funafuti Atol)
Tuvaluan, Kiribati, English8 sq miles
21 sq km
9,600
None
Nauruan, Kiribati, Chinese,
Tuvaluan, EnglishTuvalu Nauru
The colorfully named
Champagne Pool is one
of many hot springs in
Rotorua, New Zealand—
one of the most
volcanically active
THE LOW COUNTRIES
The ancestors of today’s
Pacific Islanders reached
their islands by crossing
the ocean in giant canoes.
Many islanders still rely
on the sea for a living.
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