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The '''Pacific Islands''' are the [[island]]s of the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Three major groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean are [[Polynesia]], [[Micronesia]] and [[Melanesia]].

Depending on the context, ''Pacific Islands'' may refer to countries and islands with common [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]] origins, islands once or currently [[colonized]], or [[Oceania]].
==Name ambiguity==
In English, the umbrella term ''Pacific Islands'' may take on several meanings. Sometimes it refers to only those islands covered by the continent of Oceania.<ref>{{cite book|last1=D'Arcy|first1=Paul|title=The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania|date=March 2006|publisher=[[University Of Hawai'i Press]]|isbn=978-0-8248-3297-1|url=https://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-4123-9780824832971.aspx|accessdate=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rapaport|first1=Moshe|title=The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society, Revised Edition|date=April 2013|publisher=[[University of Hawai'i Press]]|isbn=978-0-8248-6584-9|jstor=j.ctt6wqh08|quote="This is the only contemporary text on the Pacific Islands that covers both environment and sociocultural issues and will thus be indispensable for any serious student of the region. Unlike other reviews, it treats the entirety of Oceania (with the exception of Australia) and is well illustrated with numerous photos and maps, including a regional atlas."}}{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref> In some common uses, the term "Pacific Islands" refers to the islands of the Pacific Ocean once colonized by the British, French, Dutch, United States, and Japanese, such as the Pitcairn Islands, Taiwan, and Borneo.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wright|first1=John K.|title=Pacific Islands|journal=[[Geographical Review]]|date=July 1942|volume=32|issue=3|pages=481–486|doi=10.2307/210391|jstor=210391}}{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref> In other uses it may refer to islands with Austronesian heritage like Taiwan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Myanmar islands, which found their genesis in the Neolithic cultures of the island of Taiwan.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Blundell|first1=David|title=Taiwan Austronesian Language Heritage Connecting Pacific Island Peoples: Diplomacy and Values|journal=IJAPS|date=January 2011|volume=7|issue=1|pages=75–91|url=http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DavidBlundell_Languages.pdf|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> There are many other islands located within the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean that are not considered part of Oceania. These islands include the [[Galápagos Islands]] of [[Ecuador]]; the [[Aleutian Islands]] in [[Alaska]], [[United States]]; Vancouver Island in Canada; the [[Russia]]n islands of [[Sakhalin]] and [[Kuril Islands]]; the island nation of [[Geography of Taiwan|Taiwan]] and [[List of islands of Taiwan|other islands of the Republic of China]]; the [[Philippines]]; [[List of islands in the South China Sea|islands in the South China Sea]], which includes the disputed [[South China Sea Islands]]; most of the islands of [[Indonesia]]; and the island nation of [[Japan]], which comprises the [[Japanese Archipelago]].

== Pacific islands by area (over 10,000 square kilometers) ==
This list includes all islands found in the geographic Pacific Ocean, with an area larger than 10,000 square kilometers.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! colspan="1" | Name
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Country/Countries
! Population
! Population density
! Notes
|-
| [[New Guinea]] || 785,753 || [[Indonesia]] & [[Papua New Guinea]] || 7,500,000 || ''9.544'' ||
|-
| [[Honshu]] || 227,960 || [[Japan]] || 103,000,000 || ''451.8'' ||
|-
| [[Sulawesi]] || 174,600 || [[Indonesia]] || 18,455,000|| ''105.7'' ||
|-
| [[South Island]] || 145,836 || [[New Zealand]] || 1,038,600 || ''7.122'' ||
|-
| [[North Island]] || 111,583 || [[New Zealand]] || 3,393,900 || ''30.42'' ||
|-
| [[Luzon]] || 109,965 || [[Philippines]] || 48,520,000 || ''441.2'' ||
|-
| [[Mindanao]] || 104,530 || [[Philippines]] || 25,281,000 || ''241.9'' ||
|-
| [[Tasmania]] || 90,758 || [[Australia]] || 514,700 || ''5.671'' ||
|-
| [[Hokkaido]] || 77,981 || [[Japan]] || 5,474,000 || ''70.2'' ||
|-
| [[Sakhalin]] || 72,493 || [[Russia]] || 580,000 || ''8.001'' ||
|-
| [[Taiwan]] || 35,883 || [[Taiwan|Republic of China (Taiwan)]] || 23,000,000 || ''641'' ||
|-
| [[Kyushu]] || 35,640 || [[Japan]] || 13,231,000 || ''371.2'' ||
|-
| [[Hainan]] || 35,400 || [[China|People's Republic of China]] || 8,900,000 || ''251.4'' ||
|-
| [[New Britain]] || 35,145 || [[Papua New Guinea]] || 513,926 || ''14.62'' ||
|-
| [[Vancouver Island]] || 31,285 || [[Canada]] || 759,366 || ''24.27'' ||
|-
| [[Shikoku]] || 18,800 || [[Japan]] || 4,141,955 || ''220.3'' ||
|-
| [[New Caledonia]] || 16,648 || [[France]] || 208,709 || ''12.54'' ||
|-
| [[Palawan]] || 12,189 || [[Philippines]] || 430,000 || ''35.28'' ||
|-
| [[Viti Levu]] || 10,531 || [[Fiji]] || 600,000 || ''56.97'' ||
|-
| [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]] || 10,434 || [[United States|United States of America]] || 185,079 || ''17.74'' ||
|}

==List of islands==
{{main article|List of islands in the Pacific Ocean}}

===Pacific islands by continent===

====Antarctica====
* [[List of islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean]]

====Asia====
* [[List of islands of Asia]]
* [[list of islands of Oceania]]

====North America====
* [[List of islands of North America]]
* [[List of islands of Central America]]
* [[List of islands of Canada#British Columbia|List of islands of Canada, section British Columbia]]
* [[List of islands of Mexico]]
* [[List of islands of the United States]]

====Oceania====
* [[List of islands of Australia]]
* [[List of islands of Kiribati]]
* [[List of islands of New Zealand]]
* [[List of islands of the Marshall Islands]]
* [[List of islands of the Solomon Islands]]
* [[List of islands and towns in Tonga|List of islands of Tonga]]
* [[List of islands of Tuvalu]]
* [[List of islands of Vanuatu]]
* [[List of islands administered by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans#Pacific Islands|List of islands of France, section Pacific Islands]]
* [[Pitcairn Islands#Geography|List of islands of the Pitcairn Islands]]
* [[List of islands of Hawaii]]
* [[List of islands of the United States#Insular areas|List of islands of the United States, section Insular areas]]

====South America====
* [[List of islands of South America]]
* [[List of islands of Chile]]
* [[List of islands of Colombia]]
* [[List of islands of Ecuador]]
* [[List of islands of Peru]]

==See also==
* [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands]]
* [[List of islands in the Arctic Ocean]]
* [[List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean]]
* [[List of islands in the Indian Ocean]]
* [[List of islands]] (islands around the world)
* [[List of island countries]]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==References==
* {{Citation
| last = William Collins Sons & Co Ltd
| first =
| author-link =
| year = 1983
| title = Collins Atlas of the World
| place = London W6 8JB
| publisher = HarperCollins
| edition = revised 1995
| isbn = 0-00-448227-1
}}
}}


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