Austral Islands

Aus·tral Islands

A0528600 (ô′strəl) also Tu·bu·a·i Islands (to͞o-bwä′ē, to͞o′bo͞o-ī′) An island group of southern French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean south of Tahiti. Visited by Capt. James Cook in 1769 and 1777, the islands were annexed by France in 1889.

Austral Islands

(ˈɔːstrəl) pl n (Placename) another name for the Tubuai Islands

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Austral Islands - a chain of small islands in French PolynesiaTubuai IslandsFrench Oceania, French Polynesia - a French overseas possession in the South Pacific

Austral Islands

(ô`strəl), volcanic island group (2002 pop. 6,386), South Pacific, part of French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia,
officially Overseas Lands of French Polynesia, internally self-governing dependency (2015 est. pop. 278,000) of France, consisting of 118 islands in the South Pacific. The capital is Papeete, on Tahiti.
..... Click the link for more information. . They are sometimes known as the Tubuai Islands. The group comprises seven islands, plus islets, with a total land area of c.115 sq mi (300 sq km). Tubuai, the largest island (c.17 sq mi/44 sq km), was visited by Capt. James CookCook, James,
1728–79, English explorer and navigator. The son of a Yorkshire agricultural laborer, he had little formal education. After an apprenticeship to a firm of shipowners at Whitby, he joined (1755) the royal navy and surveyed the St.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1777 and was annexed by France in 1880. European diseases and slavers very nearly wiped out the native Polynesian population of the islands, especially on Rapa. In 1938, French authorities imposed strict regulations on immigration and tourism. Coffee, arrowroot, tobacco, and copra are produced on the islands.

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noun a chain of small islands in French Polynesia

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