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Polynesia (from Greek, poly = many and nesos = island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The term "Polynesia" was first coined by Charles de Brosses in 1756, and originally applied to all the islands of the Pacific. Jules Dumont d'Urville in an 1831 lecture to the Geographical Society of Paris proposed a restriction on its use, and also introduced the terms Micronesia and Melanesia, this three-way regional division remaining in widespread use today.

Geographically, Polynesia may be conceived as a triangle with its three corners at Hawai'i, New Zealand, and Easter Island. The other main island groups located within the Polynesian triangle are Samoa, Tonga, and the various island chains that form French Polynesia.

American Samoa Government

American Samoa Office of Tourism

Library of Congress Portals To The World: American Samoa

National Park of American Samoa

Official American Samoa Government Website

Samoa News

The CIA World Factbook: American Samoa

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: American Samoa

Cook Islands Government Online

Cook Islands Tourism

The Cook Island Herald

The CIA World Factbook: Cook Islands

The Heart of Polynesia: The Cook Islands

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Cook Islands

 

Easter Island Foundation

Jane Resture's Easter Island Webpage

Library of Congress Portals To The World: Easter Island

Mysterious Places: Easter Island

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Easter Island

French Polynesia

Jane Resture's Tahiti Webpage

Perles (Pearls) de Tahiti

Tahiti Tourism

The CIA World Factbook: French Polynesia

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: French Polynesia

Government of Niue

Library of Congress Portals To The World: Niue

Niue Island

Nuie Island -The Official Website of the People of Niue

The CIA World Factbook: Niue

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Niue

Jane Resture's Pitcairn Island Webpage

Pitcairn Island Government

Pitcairn Island Website

The CIA World Factbook: Pitcairn Islands

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Pitcairn Islands

 

Library of Congress Portals To The World: Samoa

Samoa News

Samoa Tourism Authority

Samoan Sensation

The CIA World Factbook: Samoa

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Samoa

Government of Tokelau

Jane Resture's Tokelau Webpage

The CIA World Factbook: Tokelau

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Tokelau

Jane Resture's Tonga Webpage

Kingdom of Tonga: Government Website

Library of Congress Portals To The World: Tonga

Planet Tonga

The CIA World Factbook: Tonga

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Tonga
 

Jane Resture's Tuvalu Webpage

Library of Congress Portals To The World: Tuvalu

The CIA World Factbook: Tuvalu

Tuvalu Online

Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia: Tuvalu

 

History of Wallis and Futuna

Jane Resture's Wallis and Futuna Webpage

The CIA World Factbook: Wallis & Futuna