Individual #Micronesia the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
instance of: #archipelago
part of: #Oceania #Austronesia
part: #Federated_States_of_Micronesia__Micronesia__TT a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
part: #Kolonia capital of Micronesia
part: #Mariana_Islands__Marianas__Ladrone_Islands a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan
part: #Guam__GU the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas; was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
part: #Saipan.island__saipan an island in the southern Mariana Islands that is the administrative center of the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
part: #Saipan US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
part: #Caroline_Islands a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia east of the Philippines
part: #Marshall_Islands a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
part: #Republic_of_the_Marshall_Islands__Marshall_Islands a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands
part: #Eniwetok.atoll__eniwetok an atoll in the Marshall islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used by the United States to test atomic bombs
part: #Kwajalein.atoll__kwajalein an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
part: #Kwajalein World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base
part: #Ellice_Islands__Tuvalu a group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii
part: #Tuvalu a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
part: #Funafuti capital of Tuvalu
part: #Kiribati__Republic_of_Kiribati an island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator
part: #Gilbert_Islands a group of islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979
part: #Tarawa-Makin__Tarawa__Makin battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); US Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
part: #Tarawa__Bairiki national capital of Kiribati
part: #Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands a former British colony in Micronesia
part: #Nauru_Island__Nauru__Pleasant_Island a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia west of the Gilbert Islands
part: #Nauru__Republic_of_Nauru an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy
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