The Vanuatu Islands (Ripablik blong Vanuatu; Republic of Vanuatu; République de Vanuatu), formerly known as the New Hebrides, are a republic located in the western Pacific Ocean (Melanesia), south of the equator. The islands are located between the Fiji Islands, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. The capital is the small town of Port Vila […]
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The islands of Wallis and Futuna (Wallis-et-Futuna; Uvea mo Futuna) are a French overseas collectivity, located in the southern Pacific Ocean west of Samoa and north-east of Fiji. The territory consists of two groups of volcanic islands (Wallis and Horne) distant from each other about 200 km. The group of the Wallis islands consists of […]
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Niue: a raised coral atoll in the Pacific
Niue, is a raised coral atoll, among the largest in the world (260 sq km), located in the southern Pacific Ocean east of the Tonga islands, south of Samoa and west of the Cook Islands. Niue is a territory freely associated with New Zealand. The capital is the village of Alofi located along the west […]
NEW ZEALAND: DOCUMENTS Documents: For entry into New Zealand you must be in possession of a passport valid for three months beyond the date of return, a return air ticket and a sufficient amount of currency or a credit card. VISA: Starting from October 1st 2019, for European and American tourists who travel to New […]
The climate of New Zealand is maritime and varies between the sub-tropical climate of the far north and the cold temperate climate of the far south of the country. The climate is influenced by the sea and the mountains and can undergo sudden changes in the same day. The mountains divide the country into very […]
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a parliamentary monarchy associated with the British Commonwealth. New Zealand is located in the southern Pacific Ocean, about 1,600 km south-east of Australia. It is an archipelago consisting mainly of two large islands. The North Island (117,777 sq km) and the South Island (151,215 sq km), separated from each other by […]
The Isle of Pines (1,840 inhabitants) is a small island (130 sq km) located 150 km south-west of the Grande Terre in New Caledonia. The main center of the island is the village of Vao which is located in the south of the island. The island is largely flat. In fact, the highest point is […]
INTERNATIONAL AIR CONNECTIONS International Flights: Arriving in New Caledonia is a long journey from Europe are about 20,000 km, which generally requires, included flights and airports stops, about 22-25 hours by plane. From the west coast of the United States are about 10, 000 km and about 15 hours of flight. The international connections with […]
New Caledonia is a French territory made up of a group of islands located just north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Due to its position, New Caledonia benefits from a relatively temperate climate affected by the blowing of the trade winds and distinct in four seasons. In New Caledonia, the hot season is from December […]
New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a French “sui generis” community, located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific just north of the Tropic of Capricorn, about 1 500 km from the coast of Australia and 2,000 km northeast of New Zealand. The territory, which includes 19,058 sq km of land that extends over a […]
Nauru (Republic of Nauru; Naoero), is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, located in Micronesia, in the central Pacific ocean. The island is located almost at the equator, west of the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) and north-east of the Solomon Islands. It is an independent republic within the British Commonwealth. The island of Nauru is an […]
The Federated States of Micronesia are a federal republic located in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator. The islands that are part of it are located north-east of Papua New Guinea. The Federated States of Micronesia are located in the heart of the Caroline Islands Archipelago, a large area of ocean that extends from […]
The Marshall Islands (Republic of the Marshall Islands) are an archipelago in the north-central Pacific Ocean located north of the equator. This oceanic archipelago is part of the vast area of islands known as Micronesia. This island state is made up of two groups of coral islands, the Ratak or Sunrise islands (16 atolls) and […]
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands form a Commonwealth united with the United States of America. The islands have as their capital the town of Garapan, on the island of Saipan. The state of the Northern Mariana Islands includes all the islands of the Mariana archipelago except for the island of Guam (which is […]
The Kiribati Islands (Republic of Kiribati) are a republic associated with the British Commonwealth, made up of three different archipelagos that straddle the equator line. This includes the Gilbert Islands, the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands or Equatorial Islands. It consists of a total of 32 atolls and a raised coral island (Banaba) scattered […]