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Part of Oceania settled within the last 3,000 to 3,500 years
Map showing islands of Remote Oceania in red
Map displaying a section of Remote Oceania
Remote Oceania is the part of
Oceania first settled within the last 5,000 to 5,500 years (i.e. since 3500 BC), comprising (first inhabitants) the
Chamorro from the
Marianas Islands, all
Micronesian Islands (such as the
Caroline Islands including
Palau,
Yap
, Chuuk,
Pohnpei, and
Kosrae and the
Line Islands including
Kiribati), south-eastern
Island Melanesia and islands in the open Pacific east of the
Solomon Islands:
Fiji,
New Caledonia,
New Zealand,
Polynesia, the
Santa Cruz Islands, and
Vanuatu.
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See also
References
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^ Steadman, 2006. Extinction & biogeography of tropical Pacific birds
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