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THE PACIFIC REALM. (CHAPTER 12). MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES. THE LARGEST TOTAL AREA OF ALL GEOGRAPHIC REALMS, BUT THE SMALLEST LAND AREA OF ANY OF THE REALMS A HIGHLY FRAGMENTED REALM A REALM IN POLITICO-GEOGRAPHICAL TRANSITION. THE PACIFIC REALM. REGIONAL CHARACTER.
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THE PACIFIC REALM (CHAPTER 12)
MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES • THE LARGEST TOTAL AREA OF ALL GEOGRAPHIC REALMS, BUT THE SMALLEST LAND AREA OF ANY OF THE REALMS • A HIGHLY FRAGMENTED REALM • A REALM IN POLITICO-GEOGRAPHICAL TRANSITION
THE PACIFIC REALM
REGIONAL CHARACTER • TOTAL LAND AREA IS ABOUT 376,000 SQUARE MILES (TEXAS + NEW MEXICO) • COLONIZED BY THE FRENCH, BRITISH, AND THE U.S. • TOTAL POPULATION IS ABOUT 9.2 MILLION • TOURISM IS THE ECONOMIC MAINSTAY; SOME MINERALS, FISHING • POLITICAL ORGANIZATION • INDEPENDENT STATES, COLONIES, DEPENDENCIES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
MARINE GEOGRAPHY • A SUB-FIELD OF GEOGRAPHY CONCERNED WITH THE SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SEAS, ITS RESOURCES AND MARITIME BOUNDARIES • KEY TERMS • TERRITORIAL SEA(12 MILE LIMIT) • EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE(200 MILES) • HIGH SEAS / INTERNATIONAL WATERS
WORLD MARITIME CLAIMS Page 564
REGIONS • MELANESIA- (MELAS MEANS BLACK) • WEST IRIAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, VANUATU, NEW CALEDONIA, FIJI • MICRONESIA- (MICRO MEANS SMALL) • PALAU, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, NAURU, WESTERN KIRIBATI, GUAM • POLYNESIA- (POLY MEANS MANY) • KIRIBATI, COOK ISLANDS, FRENCH HAWAII, SAMOA, AMERICAN SAMOA, TUVALU, TONGA, EASTERN POLYNESIA
MICRONESIA MELANESIA
ANTARCTICA • THE ICE-COVERED CONTINENT • 5.5 MILLION SQUARE MILES (almost 2ce as large as Australia) • ANTARCTICA - A REALM? • MULTIPLE CLAIMS (next slide) • THE ANTARCTIC TREATY (1961). See textbook (replaced by the Wellington Agreement of 1991).
