Childrens Illustrated World Atlas

Sea of Okhotsk

Bering

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Gulf of

Alaska

Yellow

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Philippine

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South

China

Sea Celebes

Sea

Tasman

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Coral Sea

Banda

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Java Sea

Timor

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South Fiji Basin

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Tasman

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Borneo

Java

Celebes

Tasmania

New

Guinea

Timor

South Island

North Island

Isla San Ambrosio Isla San Félix (to Chile) (to Chile)

Sala y Gomez (to Chile)

Tahiti

Îles Gambier

Marquesas

Islands

Chatham Islands (to NZ)

Easter Island (to Chile)

East Indies

Aleuti

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Isl

an

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Galápagos Islands

(to Ecuador)

Islas Juan Fernández

(to Chile)

Is

lan

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Philippines

Ku

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Kermadec

Islands

(to NZ)

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Taiwan

Caroline Islands

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R o c k y M o u n t

a i n s

M ic ro n e s i a M^ e l a n e s i a

P o l y n e s i a

Japan

NEW ZEALAND

NAURU

VANUATU

TONGA

TUVALU

SOLOMON

ISLANDS

KIRIBATI

MARSHALL

ISLANDS

MICRON ESIA

PALAU

FIJI

SAMOA

NORFOLK

ISLAND

(to Australia)

NEW CALEDONIA

(to France)

AMERICAN

SAMOA

(to US)

WALLIS & FUTUNA

(to France)

GUAM

(to US)

NORTHERN

MARIANA

ISLANDS

(to US)

PITCAIRN,

HENDERSON,

DUCIE & OENO

ISLANDS

(to UK)

COOK

ISLANDS

(to NZ)

JOHNSTON ATOLL

(to US)

JARVIS ISLAND

(to US)

BAKER &

HOWLAND ISLANDS

(to US)

PALMYRA

ATOLL

(to US)

KINGMAN REEF

(to US)

TOKELAU

(to NZ)

NIUE

(to NZ)

FRENCH

POLYNESIA

(to France)

CLIPPERTON

ISLAND

(to France)

WAKE ISLAND

(to US)

MIDWAY

ISLANDS

(to US)

HAWAII (US State)

NORTH

AMERICA

ASIA

AUSTRALASIA

& OCEANIA

SOUTH

AMERICA

H

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6

7

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Tuna fishing needs

to be carefully

monitored.

SOUTH PACIFIC FISH

Fish stocks in the south Pacific are an important

food source for the island countries and a

major source of employment. Migratory tuna

are the most important fish. However, it is

important that the industry is effectively

managed to avoid the constant threat of

overfishing and the collapse of fish stocks.

EL NIÑO

Every few years, winds off the

South American coast weaken,

causing an unusually warm ocean

current, known as El Niño. This kills

off plankton that provide food for

fish such as anchovies. Scientists

use heat-sensitive cameras to map

ocean temperatures and keep track

of El Niño. The warmest waters are

shown in orange/red (above).

EASTER ISLAND

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, in the Pacific

lies more than 2,000 miles (3,218 km)

from the nearest populated land. It is

best known for the gigantic stone figures,

known as Moai, which were carved from

volcanic rock and erected facing the sea.

It is thought that the people who built

the statues were of Peruvian descent.

Pacific Ocean

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