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Geographic Locations > Islands > Pacific Islands > Micronesia
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Micronesia
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Micronesia
Geographic Locations > Oceania > Australasia > Pacific Islands > Micronesia

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Micronesia  

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  • The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350) The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati.

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