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number of tiny islets, and is split into two island groups that lie about 260 km apart, namely Wallis Islands (Uvea) in the northeast, and Hoorn Islands Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited Alofi Island . Since 2003 Wallis and

Since 1986 the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories . New Caledonia is set to decide whether to remain within the French Republic as an autonomous overseas collectivity or become an independent state

The Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands ( French : Wallis -et Futuna or Territoire des îles Wallis -et Futuna , Fakauvea and Fakafutuna : Uvea mo Futuna ) is a French island territory in Polynesia (but not part of, or even contiguous with, French Polynesia ) in the South Pacific

Roggeveen came across Bora Bora in the Society Islands in 1722, and the British explorer Samuel Wallis visited Tahiti in 1767. The French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville visited Tahiti in 1768, while the British explorer James Cook visited in 1769. Christian missions began with

The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesian people. The islands came under the UK's sphere of influence in the late 19th century. The Ellice Islands were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate from 1892 to 1916 and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony from 1916

vertical walls, like Lano Lalolalo. Lano Lalolalo Uvea is located 240 km northeast of Futuna and Alofi islands. Together with some 15 smaller islands surrounding it, on its huge barrier reef , it forms the Wallis archipelago. Wallis has a fertile volcanic soil and sufficient rainfall

Tonga , had a reputation across the central Pacific – from Niue , Samoa , Eastern Fiji , Rotuma , Wallis & Futuna , New Caledonia to Tikopia – leading some historians to speak of a ' Tongan Empire '. In the 15th century and again in the 17th, civil war erupted. Into this situation the

The Pitcairn Islands (pronounced /ˈpɪtkɛərn/ ; [ 1 ] Pitkern : Pitkern Ailen ), officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands , form a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean . The islands are a British overseas territory (formerly a British colony

The United Nations General Assembly designated Tokelau a Non-Self-Governing Territory . [ 2 ] Until 1976 the official name was Tokelau Islands . Tokelau is sometimes referred to by Westerners by the older, colonial name of The Union Islands . Contents 1 Etymology and consequences