The second chain of islands runs from the Bonins along the Marianas, Guam and Palau, forming a north-south line east of Japan and the Philippines.

第二岛链自小笠原群岛算起，沿马里亚纳群岛和关岛一路延伸到帕劳群岛，在日本和菲律宾以东构成一条南北走向的岛链。

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The neighboring trust districts of Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands chose not to participate.

托管邻区帕劳群岛(Palau)，马绍而群岛和北部马里亚纳群岛选择不加入其中。

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The uninhabited Rock Islands of Palau are the ancient relics of coral reefs that violently surfaced at a unique crossroads of three of the world’s major ocean currents

帕劳群岛中无人居住的礁石岛，是古代珊瑚礁的遗迹，在特有的三大洋洋流交汇处突兀伸出水面。

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Palau, Rock islands Southern Lagoon.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

Delegates represented indigenous people from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau, Kiribati, Tokelau, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Niue, Cook Islands, Hawai'i, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Samoa.

UNESCO: International

Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau) was inscribed as a mixed natural and cultural site.

UNESCO: EDUCATION