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THE PACIFIC REALM (CHAPTER 12). MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES  THE LARGEST TOTAL AREA OF ALL GEOGRAPHIC REALMS, BUT THE SMALLEST LAND AREA OF ANY OF THE.

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1 THE PACIFIC REALM (CHAPTER 12)

2 MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES  THE LARGEST TOTAL AREA OF ALL GEOGRAPHIC REALMS, BUT THE SMALLEST LAND AREA OF ANY OF THE REALMS  A HIGHLY FRAGMENTED REALM  A REALM IN POLITICO- GEOGRAPHICAL TRANSITION

3 THE PACIFIC REALM

4 REGIONAL CHARACTER  TOTAL LAND AREA IS ABOUT 376,000 SQUARE MILES (TEXAS + NEW MEXICO)  COLONIZED BY THE FRENCH, BRITISH, AND THE U.S.  TOTAL POPULATION IS ABOUT 9.2 MILLION  TOURISM IS THE ECONOMIC MAINSTAY; SOME MINERALS, FISHING  POLITICAL ORGANIZATION –INDEPENDENT STATES, COLONIES, DEPENDENCIES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

5 MARINE GEOGRAPHY  A SUB-FIELD OF GEOGRAPHY CONCERNED WITH THE SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SEAS, ITS RESOURCES AND MARITIME BOUNDARIES  KEY TERMS –TERRITORIAL SEA (12 MILE LIMIT) –EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (200 MILES) –HIGH SEAS / INTERNATIONAL WATERS

6 WORLD MARITIME CLAIMS Page 564

7 REGIONS  MELANESIA- (MELAS MEANS BLACK) –WEST IRIAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, VANUATU, NEW CALEDONIA, FIJI  MICRONESIA- (MICRO MEANS SMALL) –PALAU, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, NAURU, WESTERN KIRIBATI, GUAM  POLYNESIA- (POLY MEANS MANY) –KIRIBATI, COOK ISLANDS, FRENCH HAWAII, SAMOA, AMERICAN SAMOA, TUVALU, TONGA, EASTERN POLYNESIA

8 MELANESIA MICRONESIA

9 POLYNESIA

10 ANTARCTICA  THE ICE-COVERED CONTINENT  5.5 MILLION SQUARE MILES (almost 2ce as large as Australia)  ANTARCTICA - A REALM?  MULTIPLE CLAIMS (next slide)  THE ANTARCTIC TREATY (1961). See textbook (replaced by the Wellington Agreement of 1991).

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13 SUVA, FIJI

14 PORT OF PAPEETE, TAHITI

15 BORA


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