There is a fear that as sea levels rise, island countries such as the Maldives, and some Pacific territories, will simply be swamped and disappear.

American forces from 1943 on had worked their way across the Pacific, liberating territory from the Japanese.

Corner was the leading proponent of decolonisation of Pacific territories under New Zealand control.

The abortion statute in this western Pacific territory is the nation's most restrictive.

Loimata Iupati is a senior administrator and educator from the Pacific territory of Tokelau.

It has constitutional ties with the Pacific territories of Niue, the Cook Islands and Tokelau.

Like other low-lying Pacific territories, Tokelau is said to be at risk from rising sea levels.

The Ninth Circuit covers nine Western states and two Pacific territories.

Bishop Patteson's death shocked the British government into taking measures to stamp out the slave trade in its Pacific territories.

Other units such as the Fiji Infantry Regiment, raised in 1920, garrisoned the Pacific territory, consisting of one battalion.