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Descriptor
English
:
Pacific Islands
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Islas del Pacífico
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Ilhas do Pacífico
Synonyms
English
:
Micronesia-Polynesia
Tree Number:
Z01.639.760
Z01.678.100.873
Definition
English
:
The
islands
of the
Pacific Ocean
divided into
MICRONESIA
;
MELANESIA
; and
POLYNESIA
(including
NEW ZEALAND
). The collective name
Oceania
includes the aforenamed
islands
, adding
AUSTRALIA
;
NEW ZEALAND
; and the Malay Archipelago (
INDONESIA
). (Webster's New Geographical
Dictionary
, 1988, p910, 880)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
includes
MELANESIA
;
MICRONESIA
&
POLYNESIA
: see notes under each & indentions in trees
History Note
English
:
78; was SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS 1967-77
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
Record Number:
10327
Unique Identifier:
D010139
Occurrence in VHL
:
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