Bagao

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Bagao is an island, which is also part of the Loyalty Islands, belonging to New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.^[1]^[2]

Island Any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, such as the Philippines.

The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific. They are part of the French territory of New Caledonia, whose mainland is 100 kilometres (62 mi) away. They form the Loyalty Islands Province, one of the three provinces of New Caledonia. It has 18,000 people living on almost 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi). The native inhabitants are the Kanak people and the Tavu'avua' people.

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, located to the south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia and 20,000 km (12,000 mi) from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Locals refer to Grande Terre as Le Caillou.

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References

↑ "Research in Bagao" (PDF). Wright University. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
↑ Rafe M. Brown and Sheldon I. Guttman (2002-02-22). "Phylogenetic systematics of the Rana signata complex of Philippine and Bornean stream frogs: reconsideration of Huxley's modification of Wallace's Line at the Oriental–Australian faunal zone interface" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-11-17.

Coordinates: 20°37′S166°17′E / 20.617°S 166.283°E / -20.617; 166.283

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[Research_Opportunities_in_Bagao-1] "Research in Bagao" (PDF). Wright University. Retrieved 2010-11-17.

[Phylogenetic_systematics_of_the_Rana_signata_complex_of_Philippine_and_Bornean_stream_frogs:_reconsideration_of_Huxley’s_modification_of_Wallace’s_Line_at_the_Oriental–Australian_faunal_zone_interface-2] Rafe M. Brown and Sheldon I. Guttman (2002-02-22). "Phylogenetic systematics of the Rana signata complex of Philippine and Bornean stream frogs: reconsideration of Huxley's modification of Wallace's Line at the Oriental–Australian faunal zone interface" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-11-17.