Polynesian outliers

main island of two inhabited islands that make up the Rennell and Bellona Province of the Solomon Islands

province of the Solomon Islands

Anuta is a small volcanic island in the province of Temotu in the southeastern part of Solomon Islands. It is one of the smallest permanently inhabited Polynesian islands. It is one of the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia.

thumb|The flag of Nukuoro Nukuoro is an atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a municipality of the state of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. It is the second southernmost atoll of the country, after Kapingamarangi. They both are Polynesian outliers. , Nukuoro had a population of 372, though several hundred Nukuorans live on Pohnpei. Fishing, animal husbandry, and agriculture (taro and copra) are the main occupations. A recent project to farm black pearl oysters has been successful at generating additional income for the island's people.

Tikopia is a volcanic island in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Although most of Solomon Islands is Melanesian, Tikopia is culturally Polynesian. Its remoteness has enabled much of its culture to persist. One overview calls it "arguably the most thoroughly documented small-scale society in the ethnographic record".

Kapingamarangi is an atoll and a municipality in the state of Pohnpei of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is by far the most southerly atoll or island of the country and the Caroline Islands, south of the next southerly atoll, Nukuoro, and southwest of the main island of Pohnpei state; it forms a Polynesian outlier.

island in Vanuatu

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atoll in Papua New Guinea

Ouvéa or '''''' (, , ) is a commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The settlement of Fayaoué , on Ouvéa Island, is the administrative centre of the commune.

Solomon Islands island group

island atoll in the Solomon Islands

Sikaiana (formerly called the Stewart Islands) is a small atoll NE of Malaita in Solomon Islands in the south Pacific Ocean. It is almost in length and its lagoon, known as Te Moana, is totally enclosed by the coral reef. Its total land surface is only . There is no safe anchorage close to this atoll, which makes it often inaccessible to outsiders.

Emae is an island in the Shepherd Islands, Shefa, Vanuatu.

island of Polynesian culture located outside of Polynesia

atoll in Papua New Guinea

thumb|right|NASA picture of Malum Atoll, the northern and smaller atoll of the group

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right|thumb|300px|Map of the Reef Islands Pileni is a culturally important island in the Reef Islands, Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. Despite its location in Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian.

Polynesian language

island in Vanuatu

thumb|right|300px|Taumako and Tahua

Nukapu is one of the islands of the nation of Solomon Islands. It is in the Reef Islands group in Temotu Province; the easternmost province of the Solomons. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 15 metres.

Nifiloli is an island in the Reef Islands (Latitude: 10° 10' 60 S, Longitude: 166° 13' 60 E), in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 19 metres. Despite its location in Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian.

thumb|250px|A present-day Avaiki, this one located in Niue Avaiki is one of the many names by which the peoples of Polynesia refer to their ancestral and spiritual homelands.