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	Rimatara (Austral Islands, French Polynesia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The high island of Rimatara is the furthest west of all the Austral Islands.
		France established a protectorate on Rimatara in 1889 and annexed the island in 1900.
		The Territorial Government decree of 4 December 1985 governing the display of the flag of French Polynesia stipulates that the flags of the archipelagos and islands of French Polynesia may be flown next to the Territorial and National flags.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pf-au-rm.html (413 words)

	Lewis/Wara Gallery: Austral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Austral Island temples are considerably different from the Tahitian structures, consisting merely of courts walled on three sides with upright carved slabs placed at intervals.
		The principal islands of the Austral Group are: Tubai, Rurutu, Rimatara, and Raivavae.
		The island of Rapa Iti is usually regarded as belonging to the Austral Islands, but it lies well to the southeast of the main cluster.
	lewiswara.com /resources/austral.html (627 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Austral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The group comprises seven islands, plus islets, with a total land area of c.115 sq mi (300 sq km).
		Austral Pacific Announces Oil and Gas 2004 Drilling Schedule.
		Austral Pacific Awarded Three New Oil and Gas Exploration Permits.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Austral (243 words)

	ILES AUSTRALES (AUSTRAL ISLANDS, Isole Australi): Raivavae, Tubuai, Rurutu, Rimatara, Rapa, Maria atoll, Marotiri. ...
		This chain of islands is an extension of the same submerged mountains range that forms the southern Cook Islands.
		The islands of Rurutu, Tubuai and Raivavae are connected with flies to Tahiti, all the other Australs are connected only by boat.
		km), is 730 kilometers south-southeast from the island of Tahiti.
	www.colonialvoyage.com /viaggi/pfaustrales.html (1059 words)

	Tahiti: Outer Islands
		The main island is surrounded by lagoon, with long motu islets offshore which provide coral gardens for watermelon and cantaloupe plantations.
		The Austral Islands are located south of Tahiti spread across one thousand two hundred and eighty kilometres of the South Pacific and straddle the Tropic of Capricorn.
		Nuku Hiva is the main island in the northern archipelago with the town of Taiohae serving as the administrative and economic centre.
	www.janeresture.com /tahiti_islands/index.htm (536 words)

	giri della Tahiti, crociera della Tahiti e vacanza di crociera di polynesia francese
		The 141 square kilometers (54 square miles) of land surface in the Austral Islands is home to some 6,400 Polynesians, who live peaceful lives in their attractive villages, where their houses and churches are usually built of coral limestone or concrete.
		Islands of quiet beauty, peace and pride; these are Polynesia's Temperate Isles, waiting to be discovered.
		Even though this lonely island almost at the bottom of the world is difficult to reach, there are still venturesome souls who heed the call to those far away places.
	www.aranui.com /Italian/AustralIslands.htm (1032 words)

	French Polynesia Travel Tips
		Polynesia is roughly described as the "triangle" with the northern point in the islands of Hawai'i, the southeast at Easter Island, and to the southwest at New Zealand.
		The 118 islands of French Polynesia are specks in the vast South Pacific Ocean.
		The islands are a mixture of volcanic high islands and coral atolls.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/frenchpolynesia/traveltips.html (4082 words)

	Austral Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Austral Islands (French: Îles Australes or Archipel des Australes) are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia.
		The islands of Maria and Marotiri are not suitable for sustained habitation.
		Geographically, the administrative subdivision of the Austral Islands (la subdivision administrative des (Îles) Australes) is identical in its electoral boundaries with the Austral Islands (circonscription des Îles Australes), one of French Polynesia's six electoral districts (circonsriptions électorales) for the Assembly of French Polynesia.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Austral_Islands (235 words)

	AllRefer.com - Austral Islands (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Tubuai, the largest island (c.17 sq mi/44 sq km), was visited by Capt. James Cook in 1777 and was annexed by France in 1880.
		European diseases and slavers very nearly wiped out the native Polynesian population of the islands, especially on Rapa.
		Coffee, arrowroot, tobacco, and copra are produced on the islands.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AustralI-1.html (213 words)

	Australia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2001 pop.
		Australia’s external territories include Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
		Benefiting from a prosperous economy, Howard led his coalition to a fourth consecutive term and won a strong mandate in the Oct., 2004, national elections.
	www.bartleby.com /65/au/Australi.html (2063 words)

	TUBUAI, or AUSTRAL ISL... - Online Information article about TUBUAI, or AUSTRAL ISL...
		dialect is spoken in the western islands; in Rapa, however, which with the Bass Islands lies detached from the See also:
		Island (Rapanui), which is believed to have been peopled from Rapa.
		The scattered islands of the Tubuai archipelago were discovered at different times.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TOO_TUM/TUBUAI_or_AUSTRAL_ISLANDS.html (423 words)

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		It is therefore surprising that the average helium isotopic ratios at HIMU ocean islands are as high as 6-7 RA.
		We are measuring 3He/4He ratios in a suite of samples from Raivavae and Rapa from the Cook-Austral Islands to better understand the origin of the low 3He/4He ratios in HIMU basalts.
		The sample suite from the Cook-Austral islands were selected because: 1) the samples are well characterized with respect to major elements, trace elements, and radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd, Hf, Pb, and Os); 2) Raivavae lavas have a strong HIMU signature and also have the most diverse isotopic composition from
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~mukhop/Austral.html (546 words)

	Cook-Austral volcanic chain
		Although oriented roughly in the direction of present Pacific plate motion (11 cm/yr in a N 115° direction), the pattern of both the aerial and submarine volcanoes is rather complex.
		Rarotonga and Aitutaki islands are also located at the beginning of a new volcanic track but more data are needed in order to to propose a valid reconstruction for this northwestern part of the Cook-Austral archipelago.
		Pb isotope diagram for published data from Austral Islands basalts.
	www.mantleplumes.org /Cook-Austral.html (1314 words)

	Palaeoworks - Matiu Prebble
		My research is focused on the Austral Islands stretching across 1500km of the Pacific Ocean but forming one of the most isolated island archipelagoes on Earth.
		Stratigraphy, chronology, and palynological indicators of the colonization of Rapa, Austral Islands, French Polynesia.
		A paleobotanical perspective on the biodiversity of Rimatara, Austral Islands, French Polynesia – a paper to submit for publication with the Institute Malardé (Paris) for a volume on the biogeography of the Austral Islands May 2005
	palaeoworks.anu.edu.au /Matiu.html (837 words)

	Austral. - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Austral Islands (also known as the Tubuai Islands), island group in southern French Polynesia (an overseas territory of France), in the South...
		The austral grass tree has long, thin, brittle leaves.
		When young the tree has no trunk, but after several years it can produce a trunk up to 6 m (20...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Austral..html (106 words)

	Presidency of French Polynesia - Austral Archipelago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This group is called the Austral Islands because of their location, which gives them the most southern latitude of any islands in French Polynesia.
		People in the Austral Islands are attracted to the big City of Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, where they regroup in certain neighborhoods, such as the “Quartier Rurutu” at Vaininiore.
		The Polynesians living in the Austral Islands were converted to Christianity by Protestant missionaries.
	www.presidence.pf /index.php?845 (178 words)

	Tahiti Accommodation & Travel Information, South Pacific Islands - Jasons Travel Channel
		Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, is the capital.
		This collection of 76 islands is the largest group of coral atolls in the world, and renowned for its pearl farms, rich scubadiving sites and clear lagoons.
		Tahiti and her islands are a rich fishing ground, and outside the coral reefs, the waters teem with game fish including marlin, tuna, bonito and mahi mahi.
	www.jasons.com /000559,TAHI,TAHI,TAHI,TAHI,PG,1,0.MEL (804 words)

	Austral Islands - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		AUSTRAL ISLANDS [Austral Islands], volcanic island group (2002 pop.
		Air Austral expands service with two new Boeing 777s.
		A survey of floral traits, breeding systems, floral visitors, and pollination systems of the angiosperms of the Juan Fernandez Islands (Chile).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-australi.html (255 words)

	Pacific Magazine: FRENCH POLYNSIA: Aranui 3 To Sail To The Austral Islands
		FRENCH POLYNSIA: Aranui 3 To Sail To The Austral Islands
		The 141 square kilometers (54 square miles) of land surface in the Austral Islands is home to some 6,400 Polynesians.
		This Austral Islands cruise is an unprecedented addition to the Aranui 3 annual schedule of 15-days cruises in the Marquesas Islands.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=23661 (186 words)

	Austral Islands Luxury Vacations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Austral Islands: Only an hour and a half from Tahiti, there are five high rounded islands in all.
		One should also not forget the deeply religious character of the people of these islands, where traditional rites are marked with song in the rich polyphony of "himene tuhaa pae" and the popular celebrations with "me" and "tere".
		These islands have been spared from the business of the modern world and are not well geared up to receive visitors.
	www.southpacificvacationguide.com /AustralIslands1389_Overview.html (506 words)

	Australs
		These islands lie on both sides of the Tropic of Capricorn, extending in a nothwest-southeasterly direction across 1,280 Km (800 miles) of ocean.
		The 141 square.km (54 square miles) of land surface in the Austral Islands is home to some 6,5 Polynesians, who live peaceful lives in their attractive villages, where their houses and churches are usually built of coral limestone.
		The Austral Islands are mostly Evangelistic today and all have flown the French flag since 1901.
	www.infotahiti.com /australesa.htm (524 words)

	Cook Islands Government Online
		The Cook Islands and three other South Pacific countries face a much higher risk of cyclones this season, says the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
		Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Niue, and the southern Cook Islands were at an increased risk, and possibly Tuvalu, Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga and the Austral Islands of French Polynesia, he says.
		Dr Salinger said the rate of cyclone occurrence for islands west of the date line was likely to be normal, although the institute included the Solomon Islands as being at possibly increased risk.
	www.cook-islands.gov.ck /view_release.php?release_id=702 (414 words)

	PICA - Pacific Islanders' Cultural Association
		The triangle is bounded by the Hawaiian islands in the north, New Zealand in the west, and Easter Island in the east.
		The rest of Polynesia comprises Samoa (American Samoa and Western Samoa), the Cook Islands, French Polynesia (Tahiti and The Society Islands, Marquesa Islands, Austral Islands, and the Tuamotu Archipelago), Niue Island, Tokelau and Tuvalu, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, and Pitcairn Island.
		The islands of Kiribati, Guam, Nauru, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrate, all in the Caroline Islands).
	www.pica-org.org /Terms/terms.htm (173 words)

	MavicaNET - Austral Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Sometimes known as the Tubuai Islands, the Australs are comprised of seven islands, plus islets, with a total land area of appoximately 115 sq miles.
		Tubuai, the largest island, was visited by Capt. James Cook in 1777 and was annexed by France in 1880.
		Just how the Polynesian peoples came to populate their islands of the Pacific is a subject of some debate.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/deu/24193.html (196 words)

	South Sea Islands
		Thor Heyerdahl's magical account of a one year adventure on the island of Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands.
		The mysterious Marquesas islands, where famous people like Robert Louis Stevenson, Herman Melville and Paul Gauguin found a world that literally scorched the senses.
		Listen to the mystical exotic sounds of the islands, from one of the great masters of mood music- Quiet Village, Tahiti, The ancient Galleon etc.
	www.geocities.com /marbledustus/islands.html (514 words)

	French Polynesia travel guide - Wikitravel
		French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise, [1]) is an archipelago of islands that is an overseas dependent territory of France in the South Pacific Ocean about one-half of the way from South America to Australia.
		The territory of French Polynesia has about the same surface as the European Union but the combined land area (all islands and atolls) is just about the size of Mallorca.
		Two cruise ships currently ply the islands: the Paul Gauguin, which does a regular 7-day trip around the Societies, with occasional trips out to the Tuomotus, Marquesas and Cook Islands; and the Tahitian Princess which does similar itineraries.
	wikitravel.org /en/French_Polynesia (944 words)

	Austral Islands — Infoplease.com
		Current research on the island of Ua Huka, Marquesas archipelago, French Polynesia.
		Of winds, worms and mana: the traditional calendar of the Torres Islands, Vanuatu.
		The endemic land birds of Henderson Island, southeastern Polynesia: notes on natural history and conservation.
	www.infoplease.com /id/A0805387 (338 words)

	Austral Islands Travel French Polynesia
		The remote Austral Islands are in the far south of Tahiti.
		The Austral Islands is a productive farming centre and the women are the finest weavers in Tahiti.
		They are large mountainous islands with mostly rugged coasts, a few wild beaches and impressive ancient fortresses.
	www.pacific-travel-guides.com /tahiti-islands/travel-guide/austral.html (225 words)

	CPTM Scheduling a unique 8 day fieghter cruise to austral islands on 207-passenger-freighter Aranui 3 - Cruise ...
		The five Austral Islands, located on the Tropic of Capricorn, are
		third of the island's population, sing traditional songs.
		Although often considered the southernmost of the Austral Islands, the
	www.slashtravel.com /showthread.php?p=1161296#post1161296 (813 words)

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