Caroline Islands

:Do not confuse the Caroline Islands with Caroline Island, part of Kiribati (Southern Line Islands), also in the central Pacific Ocean.

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Caroline Island - Kiribati - Line Islands - Pacific Ocean

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The Caroline Islands form a large archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea. Politically they presently sub-divide into the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end. Most of the islands comprise low, flat coral atolls, but some rise high above sea level. The inhabitants speak a variety of Micronesian languages including Yapese, Pohnpeian, Chuukese, and Kosraean, as well as the Western Malayo-Polynesian language Palauan.

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Archipelago - Pacific Ocean - New Guinea - Federated States of Micronesia - Palau - Coral atolls - Micronesian languages - Yapese - Pohnpeian - Chuukese - Kosraean - Western Malayo-Polynesian - Palauan

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