The Pacific
The Pacific
Pacific
Presented by : GROUP 6
OBJECTIVES
KEYS TO KNOWING THE PACIFIC
• Capital: Canberra
• Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
• Population: 25.0 million
SUB-REGIONS OF AUSTRALIA
Capital: Sydney
Sydney Opera House
Victoria is a state in
southeastern Australia. It is
the second-smallest state,
with a land area of 227,444
km2 ; the second-most-
populated state, with a
population of over 6.7
million; and the most
densely populated state in
Australia
Capital: Melbourne
Aireys Inlet
Queensland is a state in
north-eastern Australia,
the second-largest and
third-most populous of the
Australian states.
South Australia is a
state in the southern
central part of Australia.
It covers some of the
most arid parts of the
country.
Capital: Adelaide
Bunda Cliffs
Capital: Perth
Pinnacles Desert
Capital: Hobart
Port Davey Marine Reserve
Capital : Canberra
Parliament House
Capital: Darwin
Field of Lights
• Capital: Wellington
• Currency:NewZealand dollar
(NZD)
• Population: 4.8 million
New Zealand is a sovereign country found in
southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, and it is
made up of two main landmasses, the South Island,
and the North Island, and more than 600 other
smaller islands. The country lies about 1,200 miles
to the eastern part of Australia and about 600 miles
to the south of the Pacific islands such as Tonga,
Fiji, and New Caledonia.
OVERVIEW OF NEW ZEALAND'S
CLIMATE
• Minerals
• Coal
• Gold
• Arable Land
THE PACIFIC
ISLAND
• It is an island geographic region of the PACIFIC
OCEAN
• It is comprises three Ethnogeographic groupings —
Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
• The climate of the Pacific Islands is generally tropica,
with temparature, humidity, and rainfall relatively
uniform throughout the year.
3 ETHNOGRAPHIC
GROUPINGS IN THE
PACIFIC ISLANDS
1. Melanesia — located north and east of Australia and
south of the Equator.
2. Micronesia — North of the Equator and east of the
Philippines.
1. Polynesia — In the eastern Pacific, largely enclosed within a huge
triangle formed by the Hawaiian Island to the north, New Zealand to
the southwest, and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) far to the east, are the
many (“poly”) islands of Polynesia.
2 MAJOR
PHYSIOGRAPHIC
REGIONS BY ISLAND TYPE:
1. Continental Type
2. Oceanic Type
CONTINENTAL TYPE:
• are generally larger
• are faulted and folded in mountainous arcs
• have richer mineral-bearing soils than their oceanic counterparts
THE MARIANAS
Has 14 islets
The Anatahan
Island,
Northern of
Mariana Islands
KAZUKO HIGA
New Guinea
• It has 600 Islands
FUN FACT:
FUN FACT:
Fun fact:
• Cannibalism Is A Part Of
Fiji's History
NEW CALEDONIA
CAGOU or KAGU
Fun Fact:
Over 100 bird species
live in New Caledonia,
of which 24 are
endemic.
NEW ZEALAND
It has over 600 islands
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw
henuakitanatahu, town in the east coast of new Zealand.
OCEANIC TYPE
• 7 Hawaiian Islands
(Hawai ʻi, Maui,
Kaho ʻ olawe, Lāna ʻi,
Moloka ʻ i, O ʻahu, Kaua ʻi,
and Ni ʻihau.)
• Mauna Kea in Hawaii
• Mauna Kea is an inactive
volcano on the island of
Hawai ʻi. Its peak is
4,207.3 m above sea level,
making it the highest
point in the state of
Hawaii.
• lThe peak is about 38 m
higher than Mauna Loa.
Australia, New Zealand and
the
Pacific Peoples
PEOPLES IN AUSTRALIA
Ethnic Group
\
l Today the population of Australia consists of more than 270
ethnic groups.
• Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent in terms of total area. (It is larger than
both Oceania and Europe.)