The Pacific Islands, Explained

[@KhAnubis]

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[@realdreamerschangetheworld7470]

Oh boy, oh boy, KhAnubis… where do I even begin? 😊 I speak for EVERYONE when I say we are so delighted to see an upload today.

[@ecurewitz]

Agree

[@anifsky1065]

LEBRONNN

[@fernandosacchetto5215]

Kiribati is also well-known online for the delightful map of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, with its cities of Poland, London, Paris and Banana

[@Dogselfie]

can’t forget about banana😅

[@marcelswyter9078]

Pitcairn Islands, Norfolk Island, and Wallis and Futuna left the chat Also it was prolly good to mention rotuma aswell and maybe the cocos / keeling islands and Christmas Island

[@Dave_Sisson]

Cocos / Keeling and Christmas Islands are in the Indian Ocean and were uninhabited before people of Malay / Indonesian origin arrived to work there in modern times. So they have no ethnic, linguistic or geographical connection with the Pacific Islands.

[@marcelswyter9078]

But politically they are tied to Oceania, via their ownership by Australia. Also he prolly should’ve talked abt the Torres Strait Islands as the indigenous Torres Strait islanders are Melanesian

[@SantaFe19484]

I have always been fascinated by the Pacific island nations.

[@scottygordon3280]

Perfect timing…I resolved a week or two ago to finally resolve all my geography Achilles heels, especially the South Pacific. Thank you for the well-timed upload!

[@deet0109mapping]

Great video, fellow Sporcle addict

[@brromo]

How did I never put together that the Mariana trench is at the Mariana Islands?

[@falternative1411]

YIPPEE A KHANUBIS VIDEO ON MY FAVOURITE REIGON LETS GOOOOOO

[@RS-jq4oc]

I quite literally got frustrated with the sporcle quiz and opened youtube only to see you've uploaded lmao.

[@fb150185]

Good video! Inwould love to see more about this region. Like population sizes and some history.

[@itsyaboi1245]

My favorite geography fact is that the Austronesians were the first to populate Madagascar. It is just such an insteresting look at how human civilizations developed

[@theromanorder]

Yyyoooooooo!!!!! Thank you KhAnubis.... There is alot you could of talked about but well its good for a first video.. your channel has prioritized other areas and there are hundreds of vids on them .

[@tobirates916]

Glad to see a new video today!

[@Dogselfie]

funny thing about Fiji is that weird dent in the Polynesian triangle can be drawn as a straight line through east fiji because the people of that region (Lau islands) have very strong Polynesian influence. So Fiji is sort of the transitional point of Melanesia to Polynesia😅

[@stevejohnson3357]

Atlas Pro, whom you have recommended in the past, also has some great videos on bio regions.

[@faenethlorhalien]

Small island nations, on a map, are so indistinct that I can feel your pain there.

[@KhAnubis]

Yeah you can see me trying different ways of showing them

[@steviechubbs5238]

​@KhAnubis now you've gotta do one for the lesser antillies. Those are the worst

[@skrgrnd]

Glad to see another sporcle's countries of the world quiz enthusiasts

[@RileySmith-p5v]

You should do a video about Polynesian outliers and Micronesian outliers!

[@tasilua1051]

Dont forget we also have many outlier Polynesian Islands as far as Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro right north of Papua New Guinea, so the Polynesian triangle should be more shaped like a stingray

[@bopndop2347]

There are islands in Solomons that speak and look Polynesian look artist Taina Gee

[@tasilua1051]

@bopndop2347 yes hes from Tikopia but you also have Anuta, Ren/bel, Sikaiana, Luangiua and the reef islands

[@fughkour1793]

Yap mentioned!!!! Let’s gooooooo 🇫🇲

[@arthurmoran4951]

next video talk about the colonization of oceania by european powers and explain why almost every island use an european language

[@gabriellescur4085]

Brooo you forgot the Pitcairn Island and a part of the Kiribati in Polynesia

[@uggali]

Fiji and New Caledonia have part Polynesian heritage too not just Melanesian

[@matthewbrotman2907]

The Solomon Islands also includes Guadalcanal, the famous WWII battleground.

[@YeenMage]

Our human brains tend to ignore how big the Pacific ocean really is because our brains evolved to comprehend land and not seas. I mean, the Pacific Ocean covers almost 30% of the Earth's surface which is more than Earth's landmass but we tend to ignore this stunning fact because of how our brains work so it's no wonder that these islands also get missed out

[@Marcus-y1m]

Just came from the comment i saw you posted on mr beat time zone video

[@FireWire917]

What did he post

[@revinhatol]

5:25 My best bet: Weber Line

[@Tacticmando]

Love from Fiji 🇫🇯 😁

[@dascraazy]

Clipperton island is also part of oceania btw u forgot to include it in the area

[@ecurewitz]

No Nauru? So sad you left it out 😢

[@KhAnubis]

I gave a quick mention at 6:51 (it’s very small though)

[@ecurewitz]

@ thank you. My mistake. Sorry for missing it

[@Marcus-y1m]

​@@KhAnubis very quick indeed

[@FireWire917]

400th video lets go

[@Ali107]

6:09 *wth I wasn't expecting there to be a Yap State!*

[@cealgair]

I have a question about Kiribati: do all of the archipelagos in that country count as parts of Micronesia or are some of them in Polynesia? (dunno whether that should depend on the local cultures or on arbitrary lines or what)

[@atroxic128]

Which CGP video is the quote at 02:41 from?

[@KhAnubis]

That would be his Scandinavia video

[@Probst_Wyatt_III_1928]

Geography Now Mentioned!!!!! 🌎🌍🌏

[@HostTwoFromTPOT]

niue jumpscare in the thumbnail

[@boi3452]

Do you wanna make the same video, but for the Caribbean Island Nations?

[@eamonlyons8069]

They are very good at rugby.

[@SylviaRustyFae]

On continents bein entirely made up, this is why i insist there are 3 continents plus Oceania Theres the western continent, the eastern continent, and the southern continent; and then some islands includin the albeit large islands of Greenland and Australia

[@emsf396]

Yes!!!!! Burkina Faso.

[@tiagoprado7001]

before anyone gets too mad, i'm pretty sure that they do insist on it being pronounced as "forty thousand" on sponsorships

[@JSG4361]

i can only ever get melanesia, kiribati, guam, and the mariana islands

[@Marcus-y1m]

Great video! I really appreciate 🙏 . I am already subscribing

[@stefanoraz27]

Jetpunk > sporcle

[@Gusukuboi]

Tuvalu is pronounced /too-VAH-loo/, not /TOO-vuh-loo/.

[@konplayz]

No Wallis and Futuna 😡

[@squidwardsbowl]

yea i was js thinking to myself, is moana black? no shes a pacific islander. are pacific islanders black? no theyre pacific islanders. where and what are the pacific islander countries? and then i put that question into google search

[@cachecow]

Can you explain the Gulf of America?

[@ecurewitz]

Well, you see a bunch of idiots voted for an orange nazi, and now he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico and invade Canada

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Kiribati from "Gilbert"? I thought it derived from "christmas".

[@feltor9298]

That would be Kiritimati.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

That’s Kiritimati, not Kiribati.

[@Ya_boy_Lander]

was the first like 😁

[@mohamedfaroukelewa5905]

- the P triangle = Permuda ? - no ... Polynesia

[@uggali]

Unsatisfactory you should dive deeper

[@Ezhil-dq8op]

I am the 2nd comment haha

[@MateoQuixote]

Ancient Polynesians managed to find so many tiny islands in the vast Pacific, a spec of land in an endless array of water and yet somehow I can't find my father. He left for a pack of cigarettes a few years ago (17 years ago) and hasn't been back since. Anyway great video on a topic not usually covered even by geography channels!