Polynesia GuidePolynesia is the most far-flung, easterly region of Oceania. Polynesia is comprised of the following island nations: American Samoa Cook IslandsFifteen islands spread out over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 2,200,000 square kilometres KiribatiThe eastern two thirds of this sprawling island nation fall within the scope of Polynesia. HotelsFind hotels in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Perth and more. French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is a set of islands that is an overseas country attached to France. SamoaSamoa is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. It is part of the region of the Pacific known as Polynesia. Cook IslandsThe Cook Islands are a self-governing parliamentary democracy in free association with New Zealand, located in Polynesia, in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, between French Polynesia to the east and Tonga to the west. KiribatiKiribati is an island group in Micronesia straddling the equator and, until 1995, the International Date Line. TongaTonga, the "Friendly Islands", is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago was united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. American SamoaAmerican Samoa is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean that lie about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand and about 100 km east of the island country of Samoa, which is part of the same archipelago. NiueNiue is an island in Oceania. It is located approximately halfway between Tonga and the Cook Islands. Easter IslandEaster Island is one of the most isolated islands on Earth. Early settlers called the island "Te Pito O Te Henua". Pitcairn IslandsThe Pitcairn Islands are a loosely grouped handful of tiny islands in the remote South Pacific, farther from any continent than any other inhabited island. TuvaluTuvalu is a group of low-lying islands and atolls in the South Pacific that form the fourth smallest country in the world. TokelauTokelau is in Polynesia, a group of three atolls about half way between New Zealand, which administers these atolls, and Hawaii. Wallis & FutunaWallis and Futuna is an overseas community of France consisting of two small island groupings in Polynesia, near Fiji and Samoa. Howland IslandHowland Island is an island in Micronesia region of the Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia. Palmyra AtollPalmyra Atoll is one of the Line Islands in Micronesia, 960 nautical miles south of Honolulu, about half way between Hawaii and American Samoa. Johnston AtollJohnston Atoll is in Polynesia, 717 NM southwest of Hawaii, about one-third of the way to the Marshall Islands. Baker IslandBaker Island is an uninhabited, unorganized and unincorporated territory of the United States - one of the smallest U.S.