Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered across the central and southern Pacific Ocean. It is conventionally bounded by the "Polynesian Triangle," whose three corners are Hawaii in the north, New Zealand in the southwest and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the southeast. Its sovereign states and territories include Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and New Zealand, alongside the Cook Islands and Niue (both in free association with New Zealand), French Polynesia (an overseas country of France) and American Samoa (a United States territory); its peoples share related Polynesian languages and cultural traditions distinct from Melanesia and Micronesia, Oceania's other two major cultural subregions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/